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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: liydia kona <liydia1kona@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:54:23 +0000
Subject: Dearest in the Lord,



Dearest in the Lord,
Thank you and may God Almighty bless and reward you abundantly, I am Mrs Liydia Kona 59 years old iam from omane capital city of Ubonue and i married to Mr. Kona Morise From Iviore Coast he was a Formal PNG Director here in Cote d'lvoire for nine years before his Urgly died in the year 2005 after a brief illness. And we married for Sixten years with One Son Uchenna and Before the death of my husband we are both devoted Christian and since his death, i decided not to remarry to another man, And Before my late husband die we deposited the of sum $6.500 (Six Million, five hundred thousand U.S Dollars) in a Bank here in Abidjan for forture investment on behalf of our only Son,

Now apart from my illness, my pancreatic cancer sickness is becoming more serious and my doctor confirmed it that i have a precised time to live. Having known my condition of health, i decided to look an Honest and Godly Person who will take care and invest this money with My Son and to take care and train him well in Education,

It will be a greatest joy to the Lord, that my wish is accomplished That is why i am taking this step of handing you over this money to the Glory of Lord
As soon as i receive your reply, i will give you the full contact details of the My Doctor so that he will help you to contact the Bank,
Remain blessed in the Good Lord.
Yours Mrs Liydia Kona


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