419 scam: David Ponzo <davidponz@btinternet.com> From David Ponzo Kone.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand u.s dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: David Ponzo <davidponz@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: davidponz@hotmail.fr
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 20:38:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: From David Ponzo Kone.

>From David Ponzo Kone.

Good day and compliment,This Letter might come as a surprise to you, especially since we have never met or discussed before. But Please accept my humble apologies if I had caught you unawares I frankly do not mean any harm to ask for you assistance, my name is David Ponzo Kone, From Sudan. My late father was the deputy general manager with CNPC Oil Company at the Khartoum refinery in Sudan who was killed alongside with my beloved mother and our family house burnt down by the rebels during the last crisis in my country when Janjaweed militant came to our house.
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During my late Father time in office, he made a deposited of Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand U.S dollars ($4.7m) oversea with Vault Company Abidjan Cote Dâ€™Ivoire before his death, which I am the next of kin, the situation becomes on controllable on me, I decided to contact you to assist me release this money from the vault company and invest it for a good and lucrative business in your country.

Â If you accept to assist me as I requested, I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund, please respond upon receipt of this message for more information, because, I am presently at refugee camp in Cote dâ€™Ivoire.where the vault company located.

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I wait for your quick response on this regard.
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Sincerely
Mr. David Ponzo Kone.

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