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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: EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON <ephraimkallon16@live.fr>
Reply-To: <ephraimkallon_1985@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2007 21:55:35 +0100
Subject: MAY PEACE BE WITH YOU



FROM EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON Avenue 12 Rue 47 ABIDJAN DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIRE Please contact us through this our privet EMAIL ADDRESS. ( ephraimkallon_1985@yahoo.fr ) PHONE (+225 08 69 59 44)

Dear, Good Day and God bless as i introduce my self to you with all faith and hope you will understand us and not to betray us at the end.

I have the intention to intruduce myself to you My name is EPHRAIM the only son and my sister's name is JOY KALLON the only daughter .We are the children of late CHIEF ISAAC KALLON. I am 21 Years old, our father died years ago in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone, He was into legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining saleing, he has succeded in saving $16.2 millions dollars ( sixteen million two Hundred thousand U.S. Dollars) during his Business on Gold, After he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D'Ivoire near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our country, as our father returns back to our country Unfortunatly he is dead rebles kills him and i will not want the money to be kept like that without any investment purpose please we are contacting you with full trust that you will not let us down. This money was revenues from legal solid minerals, diamonds and gold mining sale, which were under my fathers possession before the civil war broke out then after the death of our lovely father our mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast here and during the war in our country Our mother sustained very sever bullet injuries which resulted to her untimely and painful death in a private hospital here in Ivory Coast. Now we are alone in a totally strange country without parents, relatives or any body to take care of us at our tender ages. Before our mother died she told us that our father deposited some money which he made from diamonds and gold mining sale In one of the bank here in Abidjan,

So my mother advice us that we should do praying and fasting to find a trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our late fathers foreign business partner, who would help us to transfer this money to his account and invest it in a profitable business venture in his country or in abroad and also help us to come over to his country and stay with him as his own blood children and to continue our education which termineted because of the war in our country, She told us to do this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle down in abroad because of the political problems here now in ivory coast. She gave us all the vital documents that covers deposited money in the bank here in abidjan and she told us that our late father reached an agreement with the bank that this money is for onward transfer to a foreign account to any of his foreign business partner but our late father did not introduce any name to the bank as his foreign business partner, that is why we are contacting you to help us to stand as our late fathers foreign business partner so that the bank will transfer this money $16.2 million to your account, our father used my name as the only son to deposited the money as next to kin. our mother made us to know that this is the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My mother died after words. May her spirit rest in perfect peace.

I am always visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this money out from here and I spoke with the director of the bank who assured me that everything is intact and promised to help us to transfer this money to any of my fathers foreign business partners immediately within 72 working hours as soon as i provide my late fathers foreign business partners details to they bank he also said that my father did not introduce any name to they banks as his foreign business partners that i should submit my late fathers foreign business partners details to they bank However, the manager is very concerned because of our age. I am 21 years while my younger sister is 19, the bank director said that i should call for my fathers foreign business partners that will represent me at the bank he also told us that our late father reached an agreement with they bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account and entered my name as the next to kin. he pleaded that I should look for any of my fathers foreign business partners in abroad who will help me to transfer this money out of here to his account.

We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our fathers foreign business partner and transfer this money to your account for investment and who will be sincere to get traviling papers and invert us to his country with out cheating us or doing bad to us on my arraival with my sister, In accodiance with my mothers advise, I'm willing to give you 20% of the money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you incure in thistransaction and you will use the rest to inverst in good business and be the guarding, I am interested in any profitable business or commercial venture which you consider very good in your country or abroad to inverst this money, please mail us immidately urgent to know your stands before looking else where, you're the first person we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as possible to enable us to beat the said time.

Now permit us to ask these few questions:- 1. Can you honestly help us as your own person? 2. Can we completely trust you? 3.Hope our percentage offer is good accepted by you? Please,Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible. Yours Sincerely, EPHRAIM AND JOY KALLON
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