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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: Thu, 25 Oct 2012 03:13:06 +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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