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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: irene kones <i.kones@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 09:00:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:


Hello  My Dear..

How do you do over there? I hope you are doing well?
My name is Irene. (24 years), i am single, from Gambia, the only child
of late Eng. Bernard Bakary Kones. the Director of Bajam Enterprise
(Building Construction Company in The Gambia) also the CEO of Bernard
Import and Export (GAMBIA).

As a matter of fact my mother died when i was barely 4 years old
according to my late father and because of the type of love he had for
my mother made him to remain UN-married till he left the ghost..

So after the death of my father as a result of assassinate, his brother (My
Uncle) who is the purchasing and marketing sale manager of my late
fathers company named (Mr. James Tokunbo Oriade Kones) wanted to
convert all the properties and resources of my late father into his
which i quarreled with him and it made him to lay his anger on me to
the extent of hiring an assassins to kill me but to God be the glory i
succeeded by making a way to Burkina faso for my dear life.as you can
see my picture below was the day they came to our house , I was only
saved by God .

Honestly i do live a fearful life even here in Burkina faso because of
those Assassins coming after me .

As a matter of fact i wish not to stay here again; rather i want leave
here immediately.
Therefore I wish to share with you in confidence that before the
incident took place, there was a certain amount of money totaling $4.5
M US Dollars ( four million five hundred thousand US dollars), which
my late father deposited in one of the leading bank out of my country
which i am the next of kin before he meet his untimely death.

Moreover, i wanted to facilitate this agreement by myself but due i am
not capable now, i wish to seek for your assistance of a long standing
relationship of your help in transferring this my late fathers money
into your account in your country pending my arrival to join you start
for a new life over there you are.

Perhaps I disclosed this to you alone with love and trust which i
deposed in you and wish the same from you.

Therefore, I shall give you the bank contact and other necessary
information in my next email if you will only promise me that you will
not/never betray and disclosed this matter to anybody, because, this
money is the only hope i have for survival on earth since I have lost
my parents.

Moreover I have the FUND PLACEMENT CERTIFICATE and the DEATH
CERTIFICATE here with me, but before I give you further information, i
will like to know your full data

1. Full Name: ........................
2. Address: ..................
3. Nationality: ........... Sex................
4. Age:........... Date of Birth:................
5. Occupation:...................
.....
6. Phone: ........... Fax:.........................
7. State of Origin: .......Country:..............
8. Occupation:...................
................
9. Marital status........... E-mail address's: ............
10. Scan copy of your ID card or Driving License/Photo:............
DECLARATION:

so that i will be fully sure that i am not trusting the wrong person.
and it will also give me the mind to send you the bank contact for you
to communicate with them for more verification about this money. and
to know you more better.

Meanwhile, you can reach me through my  pastor,his name is Pastor Paul
any time you call, tell him that you want to speak with me  he will
send for me to speak with you  his phone number is this(+226 65999760)

I awaits to hearing from you soonest.
Thanks,
Irene

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