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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: "maryrose kone" <maryrose_kone@upmail.us> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 1 Jun 2009 16:05:41 -0000
Subject: From Miss Maryrose Kone


Dear respectiful one

Greetings to you. I thank God that I have come across you. My name is Miss Maryrose Kone, I am 24 years old. I am from Bouke in Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. I was in school when the rebel new force went on rampage and killed people and my father in the town suspected for supporting the government of Gbagbo. I was taken from the school by a church pastor who pitied my condition and decided to bring me into his household in abidjan the capital city.

Since then, I have been searching closely on whom to trust and who will help me transfer the sum of $8,500,00.00 United state dollars which my late father deposited in a security firm in Spain. This fund is deposited for unward transfer to my late father's business partner in Europe before they lost contact as a result of the political crises in the country.

However, as I do not know this foreign partner and his contact information and my condition is not safe and conducive here now, I appeal and plead to you in the name of GOD to help clear and claim it from the security firm and stand as my gurdian and foreign partner to provide an account where the money will be transfered into. Then after you have received the fund successfully, you will arrange to move me out from here to your country to continue my education while you manage the fund in profitable investment you may wish to.

Assure me confidentially so that I will send across to you the contact information of the Firm for your verification and confirmation. Please endeavour to furnish me with your private telephone number and please you have to maintain secrecy to avoid people having eyebrows on the money when you confirm it in your account.

I wait to hear from you soon, My P. Mail maryrosekone@yahoo.co.jp

Yours faithfully,


Miss Maryrose Kone,
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