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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: "mrtonykone@yahoo.com" <mrtonykone@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 22:09:17 +0200
Subject: Good-Day Friend,

Good-Day Friend,

Pardon me if this comes to you as a surprise because we have not met
before. I pulled out the trust and courage to look for a trustworthy and
sincere person like you who will be competent for this transaction
believing that you will never let me down either now or in the future.

My Name is Mr.Tony Kone, I work with one of the prime banks here in
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire as a project and investment officer; there is the sum
of (10,Million USD) Ten Million United States Dollars in my bank, there
were no beneficiary avowed relating to these funds which means no
individual would ever come frontward to claim it.

My motive of contacting you is for us to work together in relocating this
funds out from my bank into your bank account or any other account of your
choice. As soon as the funds are relocated to your selected option (bank
account) we shall then share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you. If
interested and equipped to do this business with me, revert back to me for
more details.


I look forward to hear from you in the earliest.

Best Regards,
Mr.Tony Kone

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