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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: <rev00anthony@mysinamail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:25:07 +0800
Subject: FROM Rev.FATHER ANTHONY KONATE GET BACK TO ME

FROM Rev.FATHER ANTHONY KONATE.

IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW SURPRISING THIS MIGHT COME TO YOU,BUT WHAT MATTERS MOST IS THE GREATNESS OF GOD,WHEN EVER HE WANTS TO REMEMBER HIS PEOPLE.BUT LET ME KINDLY INTRODUCE MYSELF TO YOU,I AM REV.FATHER ANTHONY KONATE IN ST.AUGUSTIN CATHOLIC CHURCH ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.

I HEARD THE DEATH OF THIS TWO COUPLES,KNOWN BY NAMES AS DR AND MRS.DAVID GARBER FROM FREE TOWN SIERRA LEONE WHO WERE A SERIOUS MEMBERS OF MY CHURCH BEFORE THEY EMBARKED ON A JOURNEY TO THEIR COUNTRY THAT TOOK THEIR LIVES.

WHEN THIS MAN DR DAVID GARBER WAS ALIVE WHO WAS A RECOGNISED BUSINESS MERCHANT WHO DEALS IN GOLD AND DIOMOND BASED IN FREETOWN SIERRA LEONE AS HIS COUNTRY OF ORIGIN AND ALSO HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE.THEY WERE MY CHURCH MEMBERS,BEFORE THEY EMBARK ON A CHRISTMANS HOLIDAYS ON 5TH OF DECEMBER 2006,IT WAS QUIT ONFORTUNATE THAT ON THE 12TH DECEMBER,THEY HAD A FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT WHICH TOOK AWAY THE COUPLES LIFE, THE WIFE DIED INSTANTLY WHILE THE HUSBAND DR DAVID GARBER DIED FIVE DAYS LATER IN THE HOSPITAL.MAY THEIR SOULS REST IN THE PERFECT PEACE AMEN.

AFTER THEIR BURIAL,THE TWO CHILDREN OF DR DAVID GARBER CAME TO ME HERE IN ABIDJAN,HIS SON JOHN AND THE DAUGHTER FLORENCE GARBER,DISCLOSED TO ME WHAT THEIR LATE FATHER TOLD THEM BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH,THAT THEIR FATHER TOLT THEM THAT HE DEPOSSITE A SUM ($13.5 MILLION USD) WITH ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN ABIDJAN/COTE D'IVOIRE.

ACCORDINT TO THEM,THEY SHOULD ME THE RELEVANT DOCUMENTS ISSUED TO THEIR LATE FATHER DR DAVID GARBER BY THE BANK DURING THE TIME OF THE DEPOSITION OF THE MONEY.THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT THEIR LATE FATHER PLANNED TO INVEST THIS MONEY INTO SOME HOTEL BUSINESS AND SOME OTHER YIELDING BUSINESS IN AMERICA OR IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY OF THE WORLD BEFORE HIS UNEXPECTED DEATH.

THEY SAID THAT THEIR FATHER TOLD THEM ON THE POINT OF HIS DEATH THAT THEY SHOULD LOOK FOR A TRUTHFUL AND TRUST WORDY FOREIGN PARTNER WHO COULD HELP THEM TRANSFER THE MONEY AND ALSO INVEST IT AND ALSO TAKE CARE OF HIS TWO CHILDREN IN YOUR COUNTRY.SO,AS A RESULT OF THIS REASONS,THEY CAME TO ME TO HELP THEM LOCATE FOR A FOREIGNER WHO COULD HELP THEM WITH GOOD FAITH.IT WAS THEN THAT I TOLD THEM THAT NO ONE CAN ASSIT THEM WITH OUT ANY COMMISSION,THEN WE AGREED TO GIVE YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE MONEY FOR YOU TO ASSIST THEM IN THIS FOLLOWING WAYS:

MY DEAR THIS IS THE WAY THROUGH WHICH I WANT YOU TO HELP THESE CHILDREN.
1)TO HELP THEM GET RESIDENTIAL PERMIT TO STAY IN YOUR COUNTRY.

2)TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION IN YOUR COUNTRY AS SOON AS THE MONEY IS TRANSFER IN YOUR COUNTRY.

3)TO HELP THEM RETRIEVE THE MONEY FROM THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN TO YOUR COUNTRY.

4)TO HELP THEM INVEST THIS MONEY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR IN ANY OTHER COUNTRY OF THEIR CHOICE.

THE AGE OF THE TWO CHILDREN ARE:

MR.JOHN GARBER 20 YEARS OF AGE

WHILE MISS FLORENCE GARBER IS 22 YEARS OF AGE

ALSO I WILL BE ALLOW TO VISIT THEM IN YOUR COUNTRY ANY TIME I WANT IN ORDER TO KNOW HOW FINE YOU ARE TAKING PROPER CARE OF THEM IN YOUR COUNTRY.

AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR INTERESTED MESSAGE,I WILL GIVE TO YOU THE CONTACT OF THE BANK AND THEN WE WILL DISCUSS ON HOW TO TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY.IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL,DO NOT HESITATE TO GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS IMMEDIATELY.

BE BLESS AS YOU COME FOR THE HELP OF THESE HELPLESS CHILDREN.

BEST REGARDS
FATHER ANTHONY KONATE.


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