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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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Fraud email example:

From: "SAMUEL AND NANCY KONNE" <samunkonne01@yahoo.com.ar>
Reply-To: nancy@aviso.ci
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 08:01:11 -0400
Subject: FROM SAMUEL AND NANCY KONNE




FROM SAMUEL AND NANCY KONNE,
Avenue 12 Rue 47 ABIDJAN,
DANANI REFUGEE CAMP, ABIDJAN,
REPUBLIC OF COTE-D'IVOIR.

Dear,

Good Day and God bless you as I introduce myself to you with all faith and hope
you will understand us and not to betray us at the end.

My name is SAMUEL and my sister's name is NANCY KONNE. We are the children of late
CHIEF HERBERT JAMES KONNE. I am 16 Years old, our father died years ago in our
country MENDE, Republic of Sierra Leone, He was into legal solid minerals,
diamonds and gold mining sealing which was under his positions in government
then, and he has succeeded in saving ( US$9.500,000.00) ( Nine Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) during his Business on legal solid
minerals, diamonds and gold mining sealing , After he went on a trip to Republic
of Cote D'Ivoire nearby country to our country to save his money for security
reasons because of the political problems in our country, as our father returns
back to our country Unfortunately he is dead the rebels kills him and I will not
want this money to be kept like that without any investment purpose please we are
contacting you with full trust to assist and help us to transfer this money out
from here to your country for investment purpose hoping that you will not let us
down.

After the death of our father my mother took us to Abidjan Ivory Coast here we are
right now and our mother died here in Ivory Coast in a private hospital because of
the injuries she sustained during the war Now we are alone in a totally strange
country without parents at our tender ages.

Before our mother's death she advice us that we should do praying and fasting to
find a trust worthy person who will help us to stand as our late father’s foreign
business partner, who would help us to transfer this money to his account and
invest it in a profitable business venture in his country and also help us to come
over to his country and stay with him as his own blood children and continue our
education which terminated because of the war in our country, She told us to do
this quickly so that we can leave Ivory Coast and then settle down in abroad
because of the political problems here now in ivory coast.

Our mother gave us all the vital documents which covers the deposited money in the
bank, she told us that our late father reached an agreement with the bank that
this money is for onward transfer to a foreign account to any of his foreign
business partner but our late father did not introduce any name to the bank as his
foreign business partner, that is why we are contacting you to help us to stand as
our late father’s foreign business partner so that the bank will transfer this
money US$9.500,000.00 million to your account, our father used my name as the only
son to deposited the money as next of kin. Our mother made us to know that this is
the reason why we run to this country Ivory Coast. My mother died after words. May
her spirit rest in perfect peace.

I am always visited the bank to make inquires on how to transfer this money out
from here and we have discussed with the director of the bank who assured and
promised to help us to transfer this money to any of my late father’s foreign
business partners immediately within 72 working hours as soon as i provide my late
father’s foreign business partners details to the bank he also said that my father
did not introduce any name to the banks as his foreign business partners that i
should submit my late father’s foreign business partners details to the bank
However, the manager is very concerned because of our age. I am 16 years while my
younger sister is 14, he also told us that our late father reached an agreement
with the bank that the money is for onward transfer to a foreign account and
entered my name as the next of kin. he pleaded that I should look for any of my
late father’s foreign business partners in abroad who will help us to transfer
this money out of here to his account.

We need help from you to help us submit your name to the bank as our fathers
foreign business partner and transfer this money to your account for investment
purpose and be sincere to get travailing papers for us and invert us to your
country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my younger
sister,

Regarding to what our late mother told us, I'm willing to give you 20% of the
money after the transfer of the money and 5% extra for any expense you incurs in
this transaction and you will use the rest to invest it in good business, I am
interested in any profitable business or commercial venture which you consider
very good in your country or abroad to invest this money, please mail us
immediately urgent to know your stands before looking elsewhere, because you're
the first person we are contacting and also send your phone number as soon as
possible for easer communication's.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your own person?

2. Can we completely trust you?

3. Hope my percentage offer is good accepted by you?

Please, Treat this email confidential and get back to us as soon as possible.

Please for security reasons reply to our privet EMAIL ADDRESS (nancy@aviso.ci ),
please you can call us with this number ( +22508695944 ) immediately for more
information.

Yours Sincerely,
Samuel and Nancy Konne.

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