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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: Mr Kouassi Konan <kkouassi02@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: kk.kouassi2010@fastwebmail.it
Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:01:39 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please accept my apology if it does embarrass you.






Dear Friend,

 

This message may Surprise you. Please accept my
apology if it does embarrass you. However, it’s my urgent need for a foreign
partner that made me to contact you. I am a bank manager. I have an opportunity
to transfer US$6.5 Million Dollars. I'm Inviting you for a business deal where
this money can be share between us, I intend to offer to you 30% of the total
sum on a provision of a foreign account where this fund can be remitted
immediately.

 

Meanwhile, arrangement to facilitate the easy
transfer of this fund without problem has already been put in place by my
humble self, if you are interested kindly reply to indicate your interest, then
I shall intimate you with the method of application and how you can apply to
the bank for the release and transfer of the fund into your nominated bank
account. In fact , the bank law stipulates that if such fund remains unclaimed
over a given period of time, precisely 8 years ,the bank shall automatically
transfer the fund into the bank treasury account as unclaimed or lost fund
.Hence no one is putting claims to such funds , I want to also inform you that
once you apply to this funds , no other person owns the right or eligibility to
this account any more therefore the bank sees you as the true next of kin by
making you the genuine owner of this account legally , even if the law has to
prevail you are genuine and ascertain with all proofs of eligibility that I
shall intimate you with later on, as we proceed in this transaction .

 

This account has been dormant since 2002 that I
have been monitoring it .I do advice you to keep this as a top secret. I wait
for your urgent reply once you are interested to be my partner kindly send the
below information’s

 

1. YOUR FULL NAME………………..

 

2. OCCUPATION……………..

 

3. MARITAL STATUS…………..

 

4. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER……………………

 

5. AGE…………

 

Regards,

 

Mr. Kouassi Konan



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