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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: Anita Kipkalya <anita.kip2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: anita.kones@yahoo.in
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 04:39:42 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My dear,


My dear,

Good day my dear and thank you for honouring my mail,how are you today and the family?  My name miss Anita Kipkalya Kones,a good looking young lady from Kenya and the daughter of the former Kenyan road minister late Mr Kipkalya Kones who died on Tuesday 10th June 2008 along the Cessna 210 plane crash which was heading to Kericho in a remote area called Kajonga in western Kenya as You can read more on the crash below:
 
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

Though this mail might come as a surprisse to you but with confindence i have come to seek favour from you and i want you to consider me like a younger sister or close relative of yours because
i am writing in tears due to th condition i found myself in Ouagadougou,Burkina faso. Honestly i lost my father in the plane crash and my mother had died ealier living me with my stepmother who threatened to kill me just because of my inheritance from the family as a single child from my mother and thereafter the funeral of my dad,my stepmother and my uncle with their african mentality conspired and sold off my father's properties worth milions of dollar to an italian expertrate and shared the money among themselves living almost nothing for me.
 
One faithful morning as i tried to open my father's briefcase,i discovered an important documents with which he had deposited some money in my name as the next of kin at the African development bank,Burkian faso. I decided to move down to Burkina faso with the concent of my step to start up a new life since i have lost both Parents and on my arrival here i met with the director of remmittant department who highlited with the instruction my father gave o the bank concerning the money,that unless i am married or i should present a rich and worhty foreigner who will assist me as i will invest the money while my education is completed.

 I have chosen to contact you as i found your address during my browsing and i prayed that God should touch you to help me out because i know this will cost us some money,i am convinced that you will be the true one to rescue me from this trouble. I have the money confirmed in the bank $7.2 million in their records as unclaimed bill in my father account and i have the death certificate and the deposit certificateto state as proof of my geneuity. I shall compensate you with 30% of the whole money in as much as you could help me make the transfer of this money into your account successfully.

I believe that you will not betray my trust on you but rather take me as your own sister or close friend because right now i am suffering terrible in the refugee camp as i have no body to rescue me from this strange situation in a foreign land.I await upon your positive response showing your interest and ability to help me out financial and otherwise to carry out this transaction and in the light of the above i shall appreciate your urgent message indicating your willingness to help me with all your mind to achieve this successfully,thanks and God bless you as i look forward to seeing your reply.
 
Anita Kipkalya
  
 




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