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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: "stanley kone" <st_kone22@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:54:13 +0100
Subject: Dear respectful one.


Dear respectful one.


My name is stanley kone i am 19 years old from Liberia. Please go
through
below my mail to see if you can assist for our mutual benefit. My late
father
was a cocoa and gold business man.

He died in a motor accident with my mother one week after his trip to
Abidjan
Cote d' Ivoire to negotiate on a cocoa business he wanted to invest
in. My
mother died instantly and my father followed up five days after in the
hospital. May there soul rest in perfect peace.

Before the death of my father, he disclosed to me about sum of
($7..5,
000,000US) he deposited in a bank in Cote d' Ivoire for the investment
with my
name as next of kin.

I am a novice in terms of business and can not be able to handle
investment of
the money by my self and do not want to involve my relatives as
instructed by
my late father.

I solicit for your assistance to guard me invest the money as partners
under
your care.
If we happen to do this together, before any thing is done with the
money,

I will give you 10% of the total money as compensation for your
assistance.

I look forward to hearing from you for more details if you are willing
andable
to handle this.

Best regards.


stanley kone
https://www.lmn.cv.ua

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