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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: "FROM KONE JUSTINE." <konejustine05@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 23:20:36 +0200
Subject: ASSISTANCE

Top of Form 1
I am Ms. Kone Justine,18 years old, the only daughter of late Dr Ibrahim Kone from Sudan is East Africa. There is this ($8,500,000.00 United States Dollars) which my late father kept in Cote d Ivoire,Gold Stones before he died of Heart Attack in 2004.
I want you to help travel down to the company and retrive the box from the holding firm with the documents I have here with me and transfer it into your country for my future life purposes and on profitable investment.
According to the holding firm on my last last contact with them through email,The manager,told me that since the box has been deposited in their position in Canada,that it has been safe,just that it has little taxes which has been counting since it was deposited.
I am crying unto you for Godly help to me travel down to Canada or tell them to bring the box to your country.
I wait to hear from you soon.
Bye,
Miss Kone Justine.
Bottom of Form 1


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