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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: corrine jeff <corrinejeff20@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 03:58:08 -0700
Subject: HELLO DEAR

DEAREST ONE
I AM MISS CORRINE JEFF KONE AN ORPHAN FROM IVORY COAST AND I AM CONTACTING
YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE MANAGEMENT OF A SUM OF MONEY THAT MY
DEAD FATHER LEFT FOR US BEFORE HE DIED IN THE WAR IN COTE D'IVOIRE.THE
MONEY IS USD $8.5 MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE MONEY IS IN A PRIVATE
SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN GHANA, WHERE I AM PRESENTLY FOR ASYLUM AS A
REFUGEE .
MY LATE FATHER WAS A DIAMOND, COCOA AND GOLD MERCHANT AND HE WAS KILLED BY
SOLDIERS DURING THE WAR, AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUARDIAN AND
APPOINTED BENEFICIARY TO RECEIVE THE BOX OF MONEY WHICH IS SEALED AND
DEPOSITED IN THE PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY, THOUGH MY LATE FATHER DID NOT
DISCLOSE THE REAL CONTENT OF THE DEPOSITED TRUNK SEALED BOX AS MONEY TO
AVOID RAISING EYEBROWS, HE WISELY DEPOSITED IT AS FAMILY VALUABLES, I AM 18
YEARS AND WITHOUT MOTHER OR FATHER BUT WITH MY ONLY BROTHER JOHN JEFF KONE.
PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY, SO THAT I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE
INFORMATION AND CONTACT OF THE SECURITY COMPANY SO THAT YOU CONTACT THEM
AND FIX APPOINTMENT OF WHEN YOU SHALL COME SO THAT THEY RELEASE THE BOX TO
YOU AS MY FOREIGN PARTNER AND BENEFICIARY, ALSO THE ONLY THING HOLDING IS
THAT YOU WILL HELP PAY THE ACCUMULATED DAILY DEMUR RAGE OF THE SECURITY
COMPANY BEFORE THEY RELEASE THE BOX TO YOU, ALSO YOU WILL GET US PAPERS TO
TRAVEL TO YOUR COUNTRY TO CONTINUE OUR EDUCATION THERE.I AM WAITING FOR
YOUR URGENT REPLY. AS <http://reply.as/> SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU I WILL GET
BACK TO YOU SO THAT WE CAN PROCEED THE TRANSACTION GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU
HELP US, WE ARE ORPHANS.
THANKS.
MISS CORRINE JEFF KONE.
PLS CONTACT ME ON MY PRIVATE EMAIL: corrine_jeff@hotmail.com

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