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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: Mr Kone Kuameh <k_ku5@live.fr>
Reply-To: <mr.kkuameh@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 09:21:27 +0100
Subject: HELLO



From:Mr Kone Kuameh,Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.E-mail:mr.kkuameh@yahoo.frDear Friend, Compliments of the season.Before I proceed I would like to introduce my self to you. My name is Mr Kone Kuameh, a staff of one of the commercial banks here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.I have urgent and confidential business preposition for you. I on September 2nd 1998, an oil contractor with the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation MR AL SAUD BANDAR made a numbered time fixed) deposited for twelve calendar valued at US10M in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contact employers COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation that MR AL SAUD, BANDAR, died in plane crash along with his entire family. See below.
On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR AL SAUD BANDAR did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$10.000.000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE Law, at the expiration of 9 years the money will revert to the ownership of the COTE D'IVOIRE Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MR AL SAUD BANDAR so that the fruits of this old man labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. As an Accountant and a staff of this BANK, What we have to do is simple if you ad heir to my instructions.You will send to me your complete names, address and information's which I will secretly programmed in the computer account file of late MR AL SAUD, BANDAR in our bank as his registered associate before his death and who is entitle to inherit the deposit encase of his death. When this money is paid into your account, you take 40% share of the total sum and 60% will before me. You will also help me to invest my own share in you country. I will give you more details upon receipt of your Mail.Looking forward to see your urgent response. Best regards,Mr Kone Kuameh.

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