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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: Joy Kone <joy0001_kone@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: joy_00013kone@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 12:46:57 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM JOY KONE


Dear

How are you today?

My name is Joy Kone 21 years old single girl the daughter of late Mr. Morgan Kone , he was international business man, he deal on timber business when he was alive.

Though we dont know each other before, but i believe that relationship and comunication with someone you never meet before start a day.

There is this amount of Ten million US dollar($10M) which my late father deposited in one of the Security Company in Abidjan before he die here in Cote d'Ivoire West Africa.

With the trust i have in God i decided to contact you to HELP me retrieve this money from the Security Company so we can invest it in any profitable investmentment in your country.

If you can be of a great HELP to me i will be please to offer you ten percent of the total money after the money has been retrieved from the security company to you in your country and you will arrang for my coming to meet you in your country to further my education.
I will be waiting to hear from you so that i will give you more detail.

PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP ,Help me the way you can HELP your daughter or your sister when she need your help, do send your telephone no in your reply.

Thanks and God bless you.
Yours Joy


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