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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: =?UTF-8?B?IlNlcmVuYSBLaXBrYWx5YSI=?= <serenaki5@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:


Hello Dear
      Please permit me to introd= uce myself, my name is Serena Kipkalya Kones, 24yrs old female (single) and= I=E2=80=99m from Kenya in East Africa. I appeal to you to exercise a littl= e patience and read through my letter because I feel quite safe dealing wit= h you in person, for that, I'm writing this mail to you with due respect, t= rust and humanity and with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, strongly = believing in Al-Mighty God/Allah that you will consider my letter and help = me and also benefit from me. Although we have neither met in person nor by = communication But I believe it is one day you get to know someone, either b= y physical or through correspondence. Honestly, I wish to contact you perso= nally for a long term business relationship and investment assistance in yo= ur country.
 
My Father (Hon. Kipkalya Kones) was the former Ken= yan road Minister. He and the assistant minister of home affairs (Mr.Lorna = Laboso) were on board when the plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 200= 8 which was headed to kericho and crashed in a remote area called kajong'a,= in Western Kenya and the plan number was ( Cessna 210 ). My late Father wa= s an investor, he invested his fund to Kenya stock exchange market, Gold st= oring investment, and he was a preference shareholder in Shell Petroleum Co= mpany and deals in Real Estate building investment. My late Father deposite= d the sum of USD$5.800.000.00M in my name here in Burkina Faso.
 You can read more about the crash through the below site:
http://editi= on.cnn.com/2008/ WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya. crash/index.html

You are = entitle of financial benefit of 30% of the total fund and 5% will be set as= ide for any expenses occurred during the time of completing the transaction= on your side, while the rest of the fund shall be my investment capital in= your country. I have no knowledge of international transaction of this nat= ure but I took this decision personally because it occurred to me that tran= sfer of this type must involve an expenditure, on the other hand, in the ab= sent of expenses, the 5% set aside will be return to me. As soon as I recei= ve your positive response showing your interest I will put things into acti= on immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent mes= sage indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sin= cerely. Awaiting your urgent and positive response Please do keep this only= to your self for now until the bank will transfer the fund. I beg you not = to disclose it until I come over because I am afraid of my wicked uncle who= has threatened to kill me and have the money alone ,I thank God Today that= am out from my country (Kenya) but now In(Burkina Faso) where my father de= posited these money with my name as the next of Kin. I have the documents f= or the claim. Please you can call me with the office number of the Rev Fath= er +226 75 70 72 39 here in the mission camp.Thanks God bless you
Serena= Kipkalya Kones






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