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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: annic okone <annicokone6u@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: annicokone2000@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 12 May 2006 12:03:55 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM:Miss Annic okone


FROM:Miss Annic okone
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL.
ATTN:
DEAREST ONE,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. for a reliable and trustworthy person and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and trust worthy person that I can do business with and by the recommendation , I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business .and I know that this timed contacts will bring us into an everlasting relationship which will be build upon truth and will be rooted with the fear of God.

I am Miss Annic okone the only daughter of Deceased Mr. and Mrs.NELSON Okone. My father was a very wealthy gold merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast,my father is from kwazulu-natal while mum is from a city called Krasnogorsk in Russain, so I am mixed. my father was involved in a ghastly motor accident and later died in the little way hospital here.
My mother Mrs Alina Botchkareva okone.according to my father died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on November 2002 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of seventeen million ,five hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($17.500,000) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund. and he further explained That I should seek for a foreign partner in any country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management.

Dear, I am honourably seeking your assistance in the
following ways:
(1) To provide a bank account into which this money
would be transferred.
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 23 years old girl and and also a foreigner in a country where there is war and crisis.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.

Moreover, Dear I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.

Furthermore, you indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating to hear from you soon.
I ran to the salvation army church of christ for safety since then, because of the killing of the white people illegally accusing them of been part of their problems most especially the france and any other white they see on the road,they do take the person as france people and the war is still going on, so please do come to my aid.
May God bless you in all your endeavours towards coming to my aid.




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