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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: <k_sephora003@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:41:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear lovely one,

Permit me to inform you about my desire to seek for
assistant from you and i got the believe that you are going to help me
out successfully.

but firstly about myself. I am Konate Sephora i have 22 years old lady now, i was born on
the 1of january 1984.to the family of Konate.and my father name is Oumar he is a very wealthy gold and cocoa merchant who based in ACCRA and
ABIDJAN respectively,
and my mothers name is Sheila.and I am there only child. well when i
was a kid i went to a private schools and things were going on well for
me and my parents till when i was in high school when my mother died
on the 21ST october 1994 , My father took me so special because i am
motherless. and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he
will never have another woman because he did not want me for any problem.
but has fate his my father got dead last year. but before the death of
my father on the
12th December 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan ,he called
me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sumof 10,500000 Dollars
(ten million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank in
Abidjan Cote D'ivoire. meanwhile that he used my name as the next of
kin in deposit of the fund.He also explained to me that it was because of
this money he was poisoned by his business partner and that i should
seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer
this money and use it for investment purpose, such as; real estate
investment or stock market investment.
Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your kind assistance as
follows.
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfered into.

2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 22years old.

3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my
educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your country.
I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of
compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund
to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be very happy if this
transaction will be concluded with in seven (7) working days from now.
please write me back to my personal email at
(k_sephora@yahoo.fr )
May Almighty God bless you as you do care for me Amen.

With love
Konate Sephora





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