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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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Fraud email example:

From: "paul kone" <paul_kon13@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: paulkoneb@terra.com
Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 08:54:13 +0000
Subject: From Paul and Brenda

From Paul and Brenda
Dearest,

We are Paul D. Kone 19 years old with my only sister
Brenda, We are the only two children of late Mr and
Mrs Gauossou J. Kone. We lived in the economic capital
of Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire), our father was a very
wealth Cocoa merchant bases in Ivory Coast before
he was poisoned to death by his business associates in
one of their outings on a business trip.

Our mother died when we where babies and since then,
our father took us so special because we are
motherless. Before the death of our father in jenuary
2006 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, he
secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he
has the sum of eight million, five hundred thousand US
dollars (US$8,500,000) left in a fixed / suspense
account in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan,
that he used my name as his only son for the next of
kin in depositing the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates
and that in case of death, That I should seek a for
foreign partner in a country of my choice where i can
transfer this money and use it for Investment purposes
such as real estate and hotel or into any locrative
trade business.

I WENT TO THE BANK TO CLAIM THE FUND BUT THE BANK
REFUSED TO RELAESE THE FUND TO ME. THE BANK MANAGER
TOLD ME THAT MY LATE FATHER LEFT AN INSTRUCTION WITH
THE BANK THAT INCASE OF HIS DEATH,I HAVE TO ATTAIN THE
AGE OF 25 YEARS BEFORE THE FUND WILL BE RELEASED TO ME
OR PRESENT A GUARDIAN WHO SHALL RECEIVE THE MONEY
ON MY BEHALF AS STIPULATED IN THE AGREEMENT WITH BANK.

Please we are humbly seeking your Assistance in the
following ways:
(1)TO PROVIDE A BANK ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE
TRANSFERRED TO IN YOUR COUNTRY. (2)TO SERVE AS THE
GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A BOY OF 19 YEARS AND
TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR
COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR EDUCATION AFTER THE MONEY HAD
BEEN TRANSFERRED.

Moreover, We are willing to offer you 15% of the total
sum as compensation for your effort/input after the
successful transfer of this fund into your account
and I also maped out 5% for expencis.

Furthermore, you indicate your options towards
assisting us so that we can forward to you the contact
of the bank where the fund is deposited as I believe
that this transaction would be concluded within four
(4) days you signify interest to assist us.

Anticipating to hear from you. I believe that it will
better you call me on +22508487472 more details
and for us to agree on your percentage.Please reply
fast lets invest and do busniness together.

I ADVICE YOU TO REPLY ME DIRECTELY ON:
paulkoneb@terra.com

Thanks and God bless!

Best regards,
Paul Kone and sister Brenda.

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