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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: "gibison kone" <gibisonkone2@gala.net>
Reply-To: gibison_kone@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 20:33:10 +0000
Subject: Hello Friend,


*Hello Friend,*

*My name is Mr. Gibison Kone; I am the regional manager of the Banque
Atlantique branch, Bassam, Cote d' Ivoire. I got your information during my
search through the Internet. I am 44 years of age and happily married with 3
lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of peace and don't
want problem, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this
business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again,*
**
*.*

*I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as
the regional manager of the Banque Atlantique here in Bassam. It is my duty
to send in a financial report to my head office in Abidjan at the end of
each year. On the course of the last year 2007 end of year report, I
discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made NINE million seven
hundred fifty thousand dollars 9,750,000.00) which my head office are not
aware of and will never be aware of.*
**
*I have since place this fund on what we call suspense account without any
beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to
this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work, so that you
can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to share. *

*MODE OF SHARING: 50/50 any expenses to see this deal through shall be
equally shared.*

*Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank
transfer, all I need from you is to stand firm to claim the fund as the
original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch, so
that my Head office can order the transfer to the bank account you will
present. If you accept this offer to work with me as partner, *
**
* Send to me immediately your full name, resident or company's address, date
of birth (DOB) and your direct telephone and fax numbers. As soon as I
receive your data I will install it in our system and you will stand as the
beneficiary of the fund. Then I will send you deposit slip which you will
keep as reference. Please you can ask question whereby you are not clear so
that I can clarify you.
* *Reply me with this my private email
**address--gibison_kone@yahoo.fr*<address--gibison_kone@yahoo.fr>
*Best Regards,

Mr. Gibison Kone*

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