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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: "Mr. TOURE S. KONE. (JR.AGNT)." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tkonejr@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 07:06:43 -0000
Subject: Re:From Mr. TOURE S. KONE

Good Day,
 
My name is Mr. Toure  Kone an agent to formal president of  Côte
d'Ivoire  Mr. Laurent Gbagbo who is currently in jail, I’m writing to
inform you that Mr. Laurence kept ($60million) under my care and the
fund was meant for backup fight against the French and African Union
troops during the civil war.
 
Now he found himself in jail, after my last visit to Mr. Laurent
Gbagbo we decided to use the fund for investment in your country to
enable him have some business running while in jail, if these interest
you and you are capable of working with me, you can come down to
neighboring country (Ghana) for a meeting with me on how to move the
fund out of Ghana, and I promise you that you are not going to waste
your time or regret for this is not a scam story. If you are
interested, you
 
can contact me immediately via my private Email: tkonejr@gmail.com
Please send me your contact number for further discussion.
 
Respectfully yours,
 
Mr. TOURE S. KONE. (JR.AGNT)
EMAIL: tkonejr@gmail.com

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