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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: Kone Walter <konewalter@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: Kone Walter <konewalter@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2016 08:07:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Thank you and be bless


From Mrs.Rose walter,

I know that this email will be surprise to you, and I know that it is very difficult to trust or believe anyone on the internet these days due to some bad activities that is going on internet everywhere in the world today, let me be honest and sincere to you, I got your email address while I was doing a search to find a reliable person for this project. My name is Mrs.Rose walter Kone , I am from  Canada, I married to late Walter Kone for 27 years without any child, I suffering from a serious sickness cancer of throat, I inherited from my late husband the sum of ($4,500,000) Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, my late husband deposited this ($4,500,000) in a bank here in Cote d'Ivoire he used my name as the next of kin to the deposit.Before the death of my husband he told me that he gave instructions to the bank that the ($4,500,000) Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars will be transfer to your country for Charity works to help the less privilege. After my fasting and prayers I was directed to donate this fund to you so that you will make good use of it for Charity works, to help orphanages, widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my late husband in any country of choice. My late husband was executive director of a multinational construction company in Cote d'Ivoire.The death of my husband (Walter Kone) affected me so much because we had no child who will inherit this money after I die, I decided not to remarry again because I (LOVE) my late husband so much, I want you to use this fund to fulfill my last wish on this earth before I will die since my days are now numbered, unfortunately I cannot do this alone because of my serious cancer sickness which condemns me to death I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day. If you are willing to accept to accomplish this project,send this information's below:

Your full name:
Your addrese:
Your telephone Number:
Your age:

As soon as I receive your response and your information I will give you more details on how the ($4,500,000) Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars will be transferred to your in your country.

Thank you and be bless.

Mrs.Rose walter Kone

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