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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: "SAMUEL KONE" <samkone@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: samkone65@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 20:04:08 +0700
Subject: LET US WORK TOGETHER AS A TEAM

Greetings, I have interest of investing in your country as well as seek your services in a private and confidential matter. I am a senior Auditor heading computing department here in our bank. am residing here in Asia. On my routine inspection I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a Balance of ($21.000 Million USD}and after much verification of the real owner I discover that the man died in plane crash last year.

Now I write to seek your indulgence and assistance in transferring this fund to your country through legal means through our bank to you bank.

My proposition is for you to stand-in as the next of kin to the Depositor only. As stated above, he died without making his WILL on any bodies name". I shall be able to employ the services of an attorney to arrange the transfer of rights and privileges of the deceased to you and to make this transfer to a designated bank account of your choice in your country for investment. At the conclusion of this transaction, you will be given 45% of the total amount, 50% will be for me and my Bank colleagues who will help make this business a success. While we shall use the balance of 5% to sort for unforeseen matters/
Let me know if you can handle it. And if you just add the CODE: LXD5550
Regards,

SAMUEL KONE
Samkone65@yahoo.com


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