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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: johnson konne <johnson1konne@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: johnson2009konne@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:49:14 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From johnson konne

I am johnson konne the only son of late Mr. and Mrs.toure konne. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip . My mother juliana konne died when I
was a baby in motto accident with my senior sister and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on 27th september 2007 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.
Dear infact the only hope i have now is that before he died he secretly called me in the evenning time when i was eating my food around 6 to 7 oclock on his bed side because he know's that their sickness is not what money can surve and told me that he has the sum of Eleven million,five hundred
thousand United State Dollars. USD ($11,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan which no man or woman knows about that he used my name as his only son for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it was because of this
wealth that he was poisoned by his business ssociates, 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 hotel management i should not tell my wickedness uncle who claim all their
proparties, i should keep it confidencial accept the parson i choosed as my partinership.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways: (1) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to . (2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 20years old. (3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit in your country.Moreover,
Dear, i am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas. Furthermore, you indicate your options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within
(4 to 5) days. why i am taking it urgent like that is because of my uncle who is looking for me every where now. If you are satisfied for parsentage i offerd you email me as soon as you receive this mail so that i will know next thing to do.Another thing more after going through the massage,If
you are not interested in the business please delete it immediately from your box please;Do not let any other parson to know about my urgly situation. This is not government money it belong's to me and you becaus i dont know who is who please my dear.You signify interest to assist me.
Anticipating to hear from you soon as possible.

WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPOND
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Bestregards,
Johnson konne.





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