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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: "kone65@hotmail.fr" <kone65@hotmail.fr>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2013 10:54:59 +0100 (BST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE




Dear respectful one.



My name is Stanley kone i am 18years old from Liberia. Please go through below my mail to see if you can assist for our mutual benefit. My late father was a cocoa and gold business man.



He died in a motor accident with my mother one week after his trip to Abidjan Cote d' Ivoire to negotiate on a cocoa business he wanted to invest in. My mother died instantly and my father followed up five days after in the hospital. May there soul rest in perfect peace.



Before the death of my father, he disclosed to me about sum of ($7..5, 000,000US) he deposited in a finance vault in Cote d' Ivoire for the investment with my name as next of kin.



I am a novice in terms of business and can not be able to handle investment of the money by my self and do not want to involve my relatives as instructed by my late father.



I solicit for your assistance to guard me invest the money as partners under your care in your country.



II pray that you will consider this plan which was an advice giving to me by my father before his death. Since his death this money has been idle in the vault till today and i dont want it to be there again.



you will be blessed handsomely is if you accept to help me and assist me at this point of my life.



I look forward to hearing from you for more details if you are willing and able to handle this.



Best regards.



Stanley kone

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