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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=?= <serenakipal0@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:


=E2=80=8BHello 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 th= e former Kenyan road Minister. He and the assistant minister of home affair= s (Mr.Lorna Laboso) were on board when the plane crashed on the Tuesday 10t= h, June, 2008 which was headed to kericho and crashed in a remote area call= ed kajong'a, in Western Kenya and the plan number was ( Cessna 210 ). My la= te Father was an investor, he invested his fund to Kenya stock exchange mar= ket, Gold storing investment, and he was a preference shareholder in Shell = Petroleum Company and deals in Real Estate building investment. My late Fat= her deposited the sum of USD$5.800.000.00M in my name here in Burkina Faso.=  

You can read more about the crash through t= he below site:
http://edition.cnn.com/2008/ WORLD/africa/06/10/ke= nya. crash/index.html

You are entitle of financial= benefit of 30% of the total fund and 5% will be set aside 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 hav= e no knowledge of international transaction of this nature but I took this = decision personally because it occurred to me that transfer of this type mu= st involve an expenditure, on the other hand, in the absent of expenses, th= e 5% set aside will be return to me. As soon as I receive your positive res= ponse showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In t= he light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your= ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Awaiting you= r urgent and positive response Please do keep this only to your self for no= w 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 k= ill me and have the money alone ,I thank God Today that am out from my coun= try (Kenya) but now In(Burkina Faso) where my father deposited these money = with my name as the next of Kin. I have the documents for the claim. Please= you can call me with the office number of the Rev Father +226 75 70 72 39 = here in the mission camp.Thanks God bless you
Serena Kipkalya Kon= es



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