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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: Edna Konate <konateedna20@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: edkonate@aol.co.uk
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 09:11:22 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From me, Edna.


Edna konate
Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire,

Dearest one,

It is my pleasure to write to you after several days of fasting and prayers, I am Edna Konate the daughter of late Mr. Johnson Konate from Kenema district in republic of sierra Leone, my father owns a limited cocoa and gold business in Cote D’Ivoire, in West Africa.

After his trip to Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire early last year to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business he wanted to invest in Abidjan. Weeks after he came back from his trip to Abidjan he had a fatal motor accident with my mother and my younger brother, my brother and my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in a private hospital here in Kenema, Sierra Leone. Is like my father knew he was going to die (may his gentle soul rest in prefect peace). He disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of (usd $7, 000,000.00) seven million united states dollars into one of the bank in Cote D’Ivoire that the money was meant for his cocoa and gold business he wanted to establish in Abidjan.

My father handed me the documents covering the lodgement and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy business partner for my life time investment that is why I decided to contact you, now I have succeeded in locating the bank here in Abidjan and I have concluded with the bank modalities of transferring the fund to an account abroad.

Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me provide an account facility where i can transfer the money into so that we can invest it in any lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life, I have made up my mind to gratify you with 20% of the total sum for your anticipated kind assistance.

I am waiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction.

Thanks in anticipation of your kind assistance.

Edna Konate.

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