419 scam: "mabenavente@ono.com" <mabenavente@ono.com> Greeting.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a orphan scam.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- miss.karielle.kone1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "mabenavente@ono.com" <mabenavente@ono.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2014 03:27:27 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Greeting.

My Dear,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk confidence before you can succeed sometimes in life. Let me start by introducing myself to you, My Name is Miss Karielle Kone the only daughter of late Mr. David Kone, my Father was a wealthy business man, he export cocoa and timber before he met his sudden death.

I believed I can confide in you for my brighter future since you are a human being like me. There is this huge amount of Ten Million United State Dollars. (10.000.000.00) which my late Father putted in a trunk box and deposited it with one private security company before he died, he made me to know this before he died and he handed over all the depositing documents to me, I am the only person that knows about this money, even the security company where my late Father deposited the box did not know the content of the box because he deposited the box as family valuable not as money, Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough for security reason.

We want you to help me received this box containing the money in your country so that I will join you in your country and start investing the money with your help, this is the areas I will like you to help me invest the money:

1). Telecommunication
2). The transport Industry
3). Five Star Hotel
4). Tourism
5). Real Estate

If you can be of assistance to me I will be pleased to offer you 20% of the total fund, I will tell you the next step to take and how the box is going to be deliver to you immediately I confirmed your willingness in assisting me. Please do reply me with this email address below for more details about: miss.karielle.kone1@gmail.com please if you really want to assist me do not fail to contact me through this email address so that we will proceed.

Respectfully yours,
Miss Karielle Kone.

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