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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: Mayee Kone <mayeekone@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Mayee Kone <mky24280@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 21:41:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Beloved In God.


My Beloved In God.

Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus
Christ. i am Mrs Mayee Kone from Belgium,a widow to late Dr.Martins Kone
from Cote D,Ivoire,l am 51 years old and a coveted born again
Christian,suffering from long time cancer of the breast, from all
indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious
that I might not live more than two (2) months, according to my doctor
because the cancer has gotten to a very worst / dangerous stage.

My
late husband and my only child died last five years ago, his death was
politically motivated. My late husband was a very rich and wealthy
business man who was running his Gold/Coco Business here in Cote
D,Ivoire. After his death, I inherited all his business and wealth. My
doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than two (2) months,
so I now decided to divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to
the development of the church in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. l
collected your email address during my desperate search on the internet
and I prayed over it.

I decided to donate the sum of
$9,600,000.00 USD (Nine Million Six hundred thousand United States
dollars) to the less privileged because I cannot take this money to the
grave. Please I want you to note that this fund is lodged in a bank in
Belgium.

Once I hear from you, I will forward to you all the
information's you will use to get this fund released from the bank and
to be transferred to your bank account. I honestly pray that this money
when transferred to you will be used for the said purpose because l has
come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ is vanity. May
the grace of our lord Jesus the love of God and the fellowship of God be
with you and your family.

Reply me soonest.

Thanks and God bless you.
Your beloved sister in Christ.
Mrs.Mayee Kone

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