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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: SUSAN KALON <susankalon@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: kalon.suzan@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 2010 10:59:52 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From Miss Susan .


>From Miss Susan .
Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
West Africa.

Dear Respectful.
Warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I am aware that this is not a formal approach in starting a relationship, but as time goes on, you will realise the need for my approach. My email to you will come as a surprise since i don't know you in person. But if this message comes to you out of your wish, i am very sorry. I hope that you will read through this email and understand how difficult things can be for someone in a particular period in life. I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist us not to betray us at the end.

I was 20 Years old when my father died 2 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Serria Leone .He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving the sum of $9 Miilion U.S.D (Nine million United State Dollars.) left in fixed /suspense account in one of the prime Bank here in Abidjan during his Business on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D‘Ivoire West Africa near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our country.

Since the death of our father our step mother has been trying to kill us, she has been given us a lot of problem and she have collected every thing from us and now she still need the deposit certificate to claim this fund but I can‘t give this to her because is all we have to leave with. I am 22 years while my brother Daniel is 20 years old of age we still need to go to school and have a better education and start a new life.

Our step mother knows that our dad has such money but she don‘t know where exactly the fund is been deposited. Right now we are hiding in a guest house here in Ivory Coast . Our father used my name ‘Susan Kalon‘ as the next of kin to the deposited fund. And we ran away with the deposit document, so nobody have access to the money now except me and my younger brother Daniel.

We need help from you to asist us to transfer this money to your country for investment and who will be sincere to invite us to his country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my brother, we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum after the transfer of this fund into your account in overseas. Please mail me urgently to know your stands before looking for help elsewhere, you‘re the first person we are contacting in this isseu.

Please permit me to ask, can you honestly help us as your own people and can we completely trust you? We are kindly requesting for this vital information from you if you agreed to assist us out of our problem: (1) Your full name (2) Your Personal telephone number and fax.I will also want you to tell me more about your self in your reply to my letter to you.

Thank you for your signify interest to assist me and my brother. Hoping to hear from you soon. May God bless you and preserve our friendship in good faith. I will be expecting your urgent reply thanks.
Best regards
Miss Susan and Brother.

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