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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: aliciarita <aliciarita@yeah.net>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 00:47:38 +0800 (CST)
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=8BPLEASE_HEAR_MY_CRY?=

PLEASE HEAR MY CRY

Good day , My Name is Miss Alicia Rita Kones, 19yrs 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,

I know you will be surprise to receive this email, but Before I go further 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,

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 them. Unfortunately to me I find my father's briefcase and when I opened it I found a document, which my late father deposited the sum of Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($5.800.000.00) in a Bank in cote d'ivoire West Africa with my name as next of skin as her only child from her first wife my beloved mother, (MAY HER SOUL REST IN PEACE) , right now I am in Abidjan Capital of cote d'ivoire 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 yourself, I beg you not to disclose it to anybody 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 good news from you soon,
Best regard,
Yours Sincerely.
Miss Alicia Rita Kones
PLEASE REPLY TO MY PRIVATE MAIL AT alicia_kones@yahoo.fr

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