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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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Fraud email example:

From: r_kone@terra.com.mx
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 10:03:15 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU DO THIS DEAL WITH ME?.

MR. ROMANUS KONE.
MANAGER CREDIT & FOREIGN BILLS
ABIDJAN - COTE D'IVOIRE


Urgent Attn:

My name is Mr. Romanus Kone, the manager, credit and foreign bills of a
bank here in Cote d'Ivoire. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer
of my bank with account number 14-255-2004/utb/t who perished in a plane
crash [Korean Air Flight 801] with the whole passengers aboard on August
6, 1997.

Since the demise of this our customer, I personally have watched with keen
interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has
come to claim his funds of USD$20.5 m, [twenty million five hundred thousand
united states dollars] which has been with my branch for a very long time.


On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next
of kin as no one has come up to be the next of kin. And the banking ethics
here does not allow such money to stay more than ten years, because money
will be recalled to the bank treasury as unclaimed after this period. In
view of this, I got your contact through a trade journal after realizing
that your name and country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 25%
of the total.

Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the
application, bank's fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail
to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should
not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer can be finalized
within five banking days, after you apply to the bank as a relation to the
deceased.


When you receive this letter. Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your
decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.

PLEASE SEND
YOUR REPLY.

Respectfully Submitted,

Mr. Romanus Kone.

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