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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: Joy Emma <joyemma770@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:27:48 +0000
Subject: Miss Sandra Kone.

>From Miss Sandra Kone



My dear good day and how are you today, i hope all is well with you, please
here are some of my pictures ad i hope you will like themi am happy to find
a friend like you,i received your massage and i hope we can move on from
here and be good friends;
my full name is Sandra Kone, i was born in new york usa and presently
staying in ivroy coast;
recently i have suffered enough since the war came here last year after the
election here in ivory coast,my shop was distroyed by the rebels during one
of the attack to the main city of abidjan and since then i find it
difficult to exterblish any thing here;

i arrived in ivory coast some year ago after the death of my mother,i
decided to take over her bussiness here,a shoping center where we sale all
type of house hold equipment,
i was trying before the war came here and the rebels attacked my shop and
distroyed every thing that i own there including all the goods where
stollen in the same process;

The only thing i have left now is the fund (950,000US DOLLARS] which exit
in the bank account of my late mother here in the bank as at the time we
returned from new york;that fund was deposited with my name as the next of
kin because i am the only child and beloved of my mother,but since then i
have been going to the bank so that i can withdraw the fund but they said
that i must present my husband because my mother included that i must get
married before they release the money to me,

my dear,i want you to stand for me as my beneficairy and guardiance so that
i can arrange and transfer the money to your account in your country of
resident so that i can be able to come over,if you will accept this
proposal, i assure you that we will be happy at the end because that is the
only way i can move away from here with the money, right now things are
very hard for me because i have no money with me at the moment,i only and
the hotel where i stay is rented and very expensive for me,

please i beg your understanding because this money is where my hope and
future relly on,i will like your sincere help so that we can be able to
acheive this together;if you respond possitively then i will inform the
bank manager that i am ready to transfer the fund and move on with my life;

you should provide me the following information

Your Full Name................................
Address..........................................
Nationality..........................................
Age.....................................................
Sex.....................................................
Occupation..........................................
Tel & Fax No........................................
Mobile...................................................
A copy of your int'l passport or ID card............


this information will i present to the bank when i visit them by tomorrow
so that they can start the transfer procedure as soon as possible because i
dont want to stay here longer,

i beleive with that money i can exterblish and have a newlife in your
country;
remember that as soon as the money is transfered to your account, then you
will have 20 percent of it for your assistance to me an i will be willing
to share more things with you;

i will be wiating to hear from you;

your friend

Miss Sandra Kone.

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