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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: sandra konan <skonan040@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2019 14:22:24 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: I Need Your Help


Beloved One
My Name is Mis. Sandra Konan, the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Late General Thomas Konan, the former Director of military intelligence and special acting General Manager of the Sierra-Leone Diamond mining co-operation(SLDMC).

I got your contact details from online directory and i was interested in you as my partner because am very willing to invest in your country but do not have a business permit there since am not a citizen of your country.

I am contacting you to seek your good assistance to transfer and invest the sum of US$9.5 million (Nine Million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) belonging to my late perents which is deposited in a fixe suspence account in a Bank in ivory coast the capital of Cote D'Ivoire. Please note that I can only offer you 20% from the total money as compensation for your noble assistance in accordance with my father's advice.

I am interested in any profitable commercial venture which you consider very well in your country. If you will be interested to partner with me, then reply my email so I give you the full details and we negotiate terms to start the investment plan. Please for security reason, I humbly beg you to keep this transaction very confidential. Please there is urgent need for the money to be transferred to your account because of my situation here.

I am hoping to hear your urgent response soonest for more clarification.
Thank you and May God richly bless you and your family.
Your's Sincerely Mrs. Sandra konan

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