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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: Vivian Konate <princess_viviank28@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: princess_viviank0@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:00:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear respectul one


from Princess Vivian Konate

URGENT ASSISTANCE FROM YOU

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you, am able to come across your email ,and i know that this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before.

Before i forget i will like to introduce my self to you , I am Princess Vivian Konate,Princess by traditions and customs of our town. the Only Daughter of late HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS (H.R.H) KING ANDREAN KONATE, my father was a gold and cocoa mercahnt during his days based in Accra Ghana and here in (Ivory Coast) before he was crowned and tiled the Royal King of our town.

As a result of greed by his brothers over his wealths he was poisoned to death by his wicked brothers, before the death of my late father on 29th June 2006 in a private hospital here in San Pedro Ivory Coast,he secretly called me bedside his sick bed and told me that he has a sum of usd $12.m (Twelve Million United States Dollar Only) which he carefully packed in a metallic trunk box sealed and deposited in a security and storage company here in Abidjan Ivory Coast, that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of kin in depositing of the trunk box that contains the money.

My late father futher told me that he did not disclose the content of the trunk box to the security company as money for safety and security reasons. He said that he deposited the box and registered it as his FAMILY VALUABLES.It is you and i only that knows the content of the box and we should not disclose this to the company as the box is sealed and will not be opened.
I have in my possession the legal deposit certificate of the trunk box and the the depositing codes/numbers and reference information of the trunk box issued to my late father when he deposited the box in their company as my late father gave me all the vital documents and contact information of the security company and they are in my possession.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his wicked brothers, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as (REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT OR TRANSPORTATION).

Dear helper, I am humbly seeking your assistance in the following ways.

1) To assist me in retriving this money from the security and storage company.
2) To serve as my guardian and this money.
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit in your country moreover,to achieve my dreams to be a woman pastor or medical nurse.
4) What percentage of this money would be ok for me to offer you for helping me secure them from the company in your name as the new next of kin.

Looking for you anticipating reply soon.

Yours sincerely,
Princess Vivian Konate.


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