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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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Fraud email example:

From: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1pc3MuTmFuYSBLaXBrYWx5YSBLb25lcyI=?= <vargasadolfo@infovia.com.ar>
Date:
Subject:

=E2=80=8BGreetings My Dear Only One, To help me win requires your abilit= y

With due respect, i want you to spare little of your time and
c= arefully read my mail because i am writing this mail to you with
tears a= nd sorrow from my heart. Please if for any reason you find this
mail off= ensive you can ignore it and do accept my apology for any
inconvenience = it may have cost you to read. I contact you after going
through your pro= file and my prayers over it in my search for a honest
and trusted one fo= r help. My name is Miss Nana Kipkalya Kones,
23years old female from Ken= ya. I am the only daughter of Hon Dr.
Kipkalya Kones the former Kenyan R= oad Minister who died in a plane
crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June, 2008= . You can read more about the
crash with the link below:

http://e= dition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html

My pre= dicaments started after the death of my father. After the burial
of my f= ather, my stepmother and uncle conspired and sold my father's
properties= to foreign expert rate which they shared the money among
themselves and= left nothing for me. I lost my mother long time ago,
and since then i h= ave been through hard times in the hands of my step
mother, it has been = so tough and sufferings for me since the death of
my late parents. Befor= e my father's death, he told me that he made a
fixed deposit of the sum = of Seven Million Two Hundred Thousand United
State Dollars ($7.200.000.0= 0) in one of the Banks here in Burkina
Faso, with my name the beneficiar= y, I traveled down to Burkina Faso
and confirmed his statement positivel= y from the bank. But on my
arrival to the bank, the Bank Director who I = meet in person told me
that my father's instruction to their bank was th= at the money would
only be release to me when i present a foreign truste= e who will assist
me in the transfer process and also for the investment= of the fund
oversea

I decide to contact you personally seeking f= or your urgent assistance
in transferring of my inheritance fund into yo= ur bank account and also
for investment assistance in your country as my= appointed trustee as
the bank request, the bank said that they must kee= p to my late
father's instruction on the deposit of the fund and immedia= tely get a
foreign partner who will assist me, they shall not delay in t= he
transfer of the fund considering my present condition over here. Ihave suffered lots of set back as a result of my parents death and am
c= ounting on you to rescue me from my present condition here over here
and= give me a better living over there in your country. At the success
of t= he fund transfer in your account, I decide offering you 50% of the
total= funds for your kind help. I will be waiting for your urgent
reply so th= at i will send you more details regarding the transfer.
=E2=80=8B
Ple= ase do keep this only to yourself till the fund is successfully
transfer= red to you. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over
because I am a= fraid of my wicked stepmother who has threatened to kill
me and have the= money to herself, I am lucky today that am out from my
country Kenya an= d am now in Burkina Faso where my late father
deposited the money and i = have been confirmed by the bank with the
documents i have at hand for th= e transfer, after i receive your reply,
in my next mail to you i will gi= ve you more details and send you my
picture.  I am waiting your res= pond.

Yours sincerely
Miss.Nana Kipkalya Kones

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