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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: Kone Tanoh <konetanooh@mail.ru>
Reply-To: getax99@gmail.com
Date: 21 Mar 2019 16:11:58 -0700
Subject: Hello


Hello
My name is Mr. Kone Tanoh, I  am a banker and the personal account manager to one of our deceased customer of your nationality who worked with an oil servicing company here in Cote D’Ivoire (PETRO.IVOIRE), the deceased client made a numbered time fixed deposit valued at US$ 13 .7 Million in our bank branch office here before his demise.

consequently, the account is without any registered next of kin and  have open beneficiary mandate. I am therefore soliciting for your assistance to come forward as the Next of Kin since the depositor  shared the same last name as yours  for the procuring of the outstanding sum of US$ 13.7 Million which has been lying idle in a trust account with our bank.The fund has overstayed and due for recovery otherwise it will be covered by the bank as an unclaimed fund and be returned to the government treasury vault for their usage.

If you are interested to execute this lucrative business with me, please reply with the following information of yours as it is below.


* Full name
* Age or Date of birth
* Occupation
* Address
* Telephone number

Upon receiving the above information,I will secure and submit to the bank on your behalf, a letter of administration which will give you the right to claim the funds for remittance to your designated bank account.


I look forward to your urgent and positive response.

Regards,

Kone Tanoh

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