419 scam: Frank Kone <frank_kone@aol.com> Dearest

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Frank Kone <frank_kone@aol.com>
Reply-To: Frank Kone <frank_kone@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 04:33:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest

Dearest,

My name is Frank Kone, from Ivory Coast; I am only son/child to my late parents Mr. and Mrs. B. Kone.

Dearest, I come to you as an orphan. My late father was a cocoa merchant during his days that used to operate from Abidjan to overseas. He died during his business trip in France. My mother also died when i was just a little boy i did not even know her much.

However, before the death of my father on 7th Jan, 2009 he told me that he has the sum of $6,000,000 million dollars, he deposited with a bank in my name as next of kin, here in Abidjan. I don't want this money to still remain in the bank because i have suffered a lot of setbacks here as a result of political crisis.

I am 17 years old, a student and really don't know what to do. Please I need your assistance to retrieve and transfer this money to your country or any other country you know that is safer for investment purpose and also to continue my education.

What percentage of the money in question will be good for you in assisting me?

Please consider this.

Thanking you,

Frank Kone

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