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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: "alina kone" <alina_kone1@latinmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 18:24:12 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DEAREST ONE



Hello dear

With regard to your reputation and co-believer of God who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith, I am directing this letter of assistance to you.


I am Miss, Alina Kone the Daughter of George Kone from Republic of Cote D Ivoire.I really need to get somebody who will safe guard the interest of me.Briefly, my late Father George was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa Dealer who has business in many countries here and in europe. Unfortunately,he was poisoned to death by his business associates some months ago and he died in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

But when he was about to die, he called me beside his sick bed and told me that he deposited the sum of Five Million seven hundred thousand United State Dollars (USD5.7M) in a Finance Security Company here in Cote D' Ivoire. This money was kept for me as the only daughter. Right now, I am here in Abidjan,the commercial city of Cote d'Ivoire in West Africa. My problem now is that since my Father has been poisoned to death by his business associates, I don't even trust any other person here again and to this effect.

I have been asking myself why do i have to pass this life sorrowing and feeling the pain's since I lost my Father, and i have not never know a moment of happiness. I know from the moment that my Father was killed by poison my race against time had begun. please i need your help,I will never succeed in trying to paint the picture of the agony I am going through. if you have lost someone who was so dear to you in unexpected circumstance you will probably understand what I went through or what I experienced.

And i are very worried about the political situation of our country. if you listen to CNN OR BBC you will know about our country problem this is the reason why I need your help. Now I am deaparately looking for a kind and sincere person in overseas who will assit me get the money out from the finance Security company, and thereafter assist me come from here to your country. This is because i have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. Right now, I want you to help me in the following ways:

(1) I want you to stand as my guardian and foreign trustee, and extract this money from the finance Security company and then provide a bank account where this amount (USD5.7M) can be transferred.

2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and also my personal advicer in your country, when this fund must have finaly enters into your nominated account.

3) To invest the fund in any business you know will be good in your country or elsewhere.

You are going to receive 20% of the total sum for your assitance to me.
I will appreciate if you consider my condition and help me, and I am willing to proceed with you as soon as I have your response.

PLEASE TREAT THIS INFORMATION AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF MY LATE FATHER'S FAMILY MEMBERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS MONEY LEFT BY LATE MY FATHER.


Waiting for your response. Thank you And God bless you.

Miss Alina Kone
EMAIL :-alina_kone01@yahoo.ca



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