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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Alexandra Kone <alexandrakone123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Alexandra Kone <alexandrakone2015@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2015 23:24:38 +0900 (JST)
Subject: SOUL PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENTS FROM ALEXANDRA PASCAL KONE.
SOUL PARTNERSHIP INVESTMENTS FROM ALEXANDRA PASCAL KONE.Â
My name is Alexandra Pascal kone. I am a 22 year old. I am the only son and the only child of late Mr.Pascal  Kwassi Kone from Cote d’Ivoire.Â
My late father was a well know Cocoa Merchant and stakeholders and Senior Partner of Côte d'Ivoire International Mining, Energy/Oil & Gas and was poisoned to death on the 7th of January, 2013 during one of his business outings with his associates.
I have an inherited sum of  Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Euro (€5.5M) and 350 KG of gold  deposited with one of the Prime Security and Finance Trust Company in Europe with my name as the next of kin  from my late father with all the documents in my hand. I am contacting you to help me to retrive the money and the gold from the company and for the transfer of the money into your account for investment and for the sell of the gold .I am willing to offer you 30% of the total amount after the transfer for your kind assistance.I want you to kindly reply me with this email so that we can proccede for the transfer formalities.
Truely Honored.
Alexandra Kone .
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