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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: Jacey Kone <gonnta2143@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Jacey Kone <j_kone94@outlook.fr>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 22:38:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Very Urgent Message From Miss. Jacey Kone,


Very Urgent Message From Miss. Jacey Kone,
Résidence Address: 17 BP 659 Abidjan 17,
Côte d'Ivoire
08/07/2014


Respectfully,

My
name is Miss Jacey Kone, I am the daughter of Late Mr. Doumbia Mamadou
KONE. My father was the Director of Corporate and Investment (CIB)
Department, Pen Asset Management and Investments Company Limited Abidjan
Cote d'Ivoire. I was schooling at Claude Bernard University Lyon 1,
France, before i received the shocking call that my beloved father died
on a fatal accident with my mother and 2 kid sisters on their way coming
back from Church on Sunday 26th of January 2014. May their souls rest
in peace. When my parents was alive, they provided me with the best of
education and care. And since after their death, i have suffered a lots
of humiliations from my immediate uncles. They have claimed everything
my late father acquired when he was alive without considering my
educational career. Luckily, my late father's lawyer delivered to me all
the documents issued to my late father when he deposited $ 126,200,000
USD (One Hundred and Twenty Six Million, two Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars) in a prime bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. I have
gone to the bank and confirm the existence of the funds.

Due to
my ambition to relocate and spend the rest of my life abroad, I will
want you to assist me transfer and invest this funds into buying of
shares from the bank, buying of estates and houses in your country.
Meanwhile I have all the documents which proves the existence of the
funds at the bank. I can as well give you the contact information of the
bank where the funds is deposited so that you can have a direct
discussion with the director of the bank for more safe directives on how
to transfer the funds to your account.

From my heart, I am
willing to offer you 10% of the total funds for your compensation and
services after the successful transfer of the funds to your bank
account. Then the remaining 90% will be invested into buying of shares
from the bank, buying of estates and houses according to the direction
of your business experience.

I will send you my personal data
such as my International Passport, pictures, address and telephone
number as soon as you indicate your interest to assist me handle this
project. I trust that you will seriously consider my request and assist
me get out of this situation.  Please get back to me for us to proceed
further. Thank you for giving attention to my request and God bless you.

I will appreciate your kind trust as well as your readiness to assist me handle this project successfully.


Thank you very much
Yours truly,
Jacey Kone

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