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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: ALICE KIPKALYA <alicekipkaly33@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 18:51:06 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: PLEASE I NEED YOUR HELP;;


My
Dearest,





 Good day to you, I know you will be surprise to receive this email,
Before I proceed I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to you, I
am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to
establish a relationship of trust,  my dear I will like you to
understand that, I am writing this mail to you With due respect trust and
humanity, I have decided to contact you after much thought considering the
fact that we have not meet before, but because of the circumstance oblige
me, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my present situation
here in the refugee camp, honestly i am writing this email to you with
pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, I am Miss Alice Kipkalya Kones,
25yrs old female and I from Kenya here in Africa; my father was the former
Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna
Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and
crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a, in western Kenya. The plane
crashed on Tuesday 10th, June, 2008.



 



After the death of my beloved father my wicked step mother along with my
uncles team together and sold everything that my late father had and share
the money within themselves. Unfortunately to me I fined my father's
briefcase and when I opened it I found a document, which my late father use
to deposit the sum of Nine Million Four Hundred Thousand United State
Dollars ($9.400.000.00) in a Bank, here in Burkina Faso West Africa with my
name as next of skin, right now I am in Ouagadougou Capital of Burkina Faso
to withdraw the money so that i can start a better life and also further my
education.



 



But on my arrival to the Bank, the Bank foreign Operation Department Director
whom I meet in person told me that my father instruction to their bank is
that the fund would only be release to me when I am married or present a
trustee/partner who will help me and invest the fund overseas after the
transfer, and the bank ask me to go and look for a foreign partner, that
was why  I decided to contact you, which I believe that you are going
to be honest and reliable person that will help me and stand as my
trustee/partner, so that I can present you to the Bank for the release and
transfer of the inheritance fund into your bank account in your country,
and It is my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total fund for
your services and help and the balance shall be my capital in your
establishment. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your
interest i will put things into action, in the light of the above, I shall
appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to
handle this transaction, awaiting your urgent and positive response, Please
do keep this only to your self, i beg you not to disclose it to any body
till i come over because am afraid of my wicked stepmother, i will send you
my picture in my next email, with due respect, i am pleading that you help
me, i am giving all this detailed information with every transparency
believing that you will have a clear picture of the base of help i need
from you.



 

I hope to hear from you soon, May truth and love be the guiding word in my
refuge,





Best regard,



Yours Sincerely

Alice Kipkalya Kones.

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