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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: Mrs.Chantal Kone <honestyisthekeytolife@LIVE.COM>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 21:27:04 +0000
Subject: Greetings Dearest: One,


Greetings Dearest: One,

Please take your time to read this message; although we have never met before, this is no spam. It's a real message sent to you. I sent this mail praying for it to reach you in good health, since I myself is in a very critical health condition in which I sleep every night without knowing if I may be alive to see the next day.

I am Mrs. Chantal Kone, a widow suffering from long time illness. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of $2,972,000.00 (Two million Nine Hundred and seventy Two Thousand Us Dollars),my Doctor told me recently that I would not last due to the illness. Having known my condition, I decided to donate this funds to a reliable and trustworthy person that will utilize it the way i am going to instruct herein. I need a very honest and God fearing person who can claim the funds on my behalf and use it for Charity works.Such as orphanages, widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my late husband if possible.

I took this decision, because I and my late husband does not have any child of our own who will inherit this money before i join my late husband. Please I want your sincere and urgent answer to know if you will be able to execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the funds would be transferred to your bank account.

I am waiting for your reply.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs. Chantal Kone



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