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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: Hanaa Kones <mishanaakoness@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Hanaa Kones <hanaakones@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2014 20:09:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear


Hello Dear

>From kadiogo Area 22 Petti Ouaga Refugees Camp
(''UNHCR'') Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Camp Authority office Telephone: +226 744 565 16
Apartments Hostels W Block Gov-3

“Please permit me to introduce myself to you, my name is Ms. Hanaa Kones Kipkalya, I’m 24yrs old female from Kenya. My late 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 in the rift valley and crashed in a remote area called Kajong’a, in western Kenya. The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 2008.

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father because my mother died during child birth and I was left alone to my father care.

Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe But she hide away my traveling documents, luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important documents like will and deposit certificate of my Father's fund which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the money. Now I take asylum in the above address ''UNHCR'' Refugee Camp in Burkina Faso, I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$6.8 Million in one of the leading Bank here in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.

Here in Ouagadougou I have contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager whom i presented my late father deposit documents in his office told me that my refugees status in the country will not allow me operate my late father deposited fund in their Bank because of my being a refugees in the country.

However, the manager of the Bank advised me to provide a foreign trustee who will stand on my behalf for the transfer of the fund into his Bank account, after the death of my parents I have received several mistreatments from my evil stepmother I am very afraid because she has been threaten to kill me to enable her get hold of everything including our family house in Nairobi.

Following the instruction from the bank, I decide to seek for your help in transferring my inheritance fund into your bank account while I will relocate to your country and continue my studies in a nice university over there in your country.

As soon as you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the complete account details and the contact of the Bank in Burkina Faso where my late beloved father deposited the fund $6.8 Million dollar with my name as the next of kin.

Upon completion of the transfer into your bank account, it is my intention to compensate you with 20% out of the total fund after the transfer into your bank account for your assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign investment overseas i have surely confirmed from the bank with my late father deposit Documents i have at hand i will send my picture to you in my next mail.

In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction.

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

Yours sincerely Miss Hanaa Kones.

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