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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: Mayee Kone <mayeekone@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Mayee Kone <k.mayee@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Jul 2017 01:03:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: FROM MAYEE KONE


Hello Dear,

I am Miss Mayee Kone,the only duagther of late Mr.and Mrs.Koffy Kone, My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant business man,my father was poisoned to death by my uncle and business associates on one of their outings on a business trip, My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special, Before the death of my father in a private hospital,he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Three million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars,USD ($3.500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank,that he used my name as his only daugther for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund, He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates and my uncle That I should seek for a
foreign partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management,

Currently , I am not longer in my late fathers house presently, I ran away from my late fathers house because of the fear of my wicked uncle and those that planned to kill my father, as my wicked uncle  said that he will kill me as he killed my father if I didn’t give him the documents of this funds,

Dear, I am willing to offer you 25% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your bank account overseas.

Waiting to hear from you soon
Best regards,
Miss Mayee Kone

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