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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: "Mr.patrick Kone" <patrickkone78@gmail.com>
Reply-To: patrickkone403@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:12:23 -0700
Subject: hi

Dear,

My name is Mr. Patrick Kone, I am a banker and the personal account
manager to one of our deceased customers who worked with an oil
servicing company here in Cote D’Ivoire (PETRO.IVOIRE), the deceased
client made a numbered time fixed deposit valued at US$13 .7 Million
in our bank branch office here before his demise. Consequently, the
account is without any registered next of kin and has an open
beneficiary mandate.

I am therefore soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the
Next of Kin for the procuring of the outstanding sum of
Million which has been lying idle in a trust account with our bank.
The fund has overstayed and is due for recovery otherwise it will be
covered by the bank as an unclaimed fund and be returned to the
government treasury vault for their usage.

If you are interested in executing this lucrative business with me,
please reply with the following information of yours as it is below.

* Full name
* Age or Date of birth
* Occupation
* Address
* Telephone number

Upon receiving the above information, I will secure and submit to the
bank on your behalf, a letter of administration which will give you
the right to claim the funds for remittance to your designated bank
account.


I look forward to your urgent and positive response.

Regards,
Mr. Patrick Kone

Address: Avenue Joseph, Av. Anoma, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

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