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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: Anneth Konu <annethkonu@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2021 09:37:13 -0700
Subject: Read From Anneth Konu


Hello Dear

Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into a long term business
relationship
with you. I contacted you after going through your profile believing that
you are someone to be trustworthy to do business with; However, My name
is Miss Anneth Konu only a surviving child to my late parents, Late. Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Konu. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant and had
an extended business in Real Estate investment here in Abidjan,
Economic capital
of Ivory Coast; Very painful that my beloved father was poisoned to death
by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My
mother died when I was still 4 years old and since then my father took me
so special before his unexpected death.

However, Before the death of my father, he called me on his bed side and
told me that he has the sum of ($2,800,000.00) left in a fixed
deposit/suspense account, that he used my name as the next of kin for the
deposit. He also reviewed to me that it was because of this wealth that he
was poisoned by his business associate, That I should seek for a foreign
partner in a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use
it for any investment of my choice, such as Real Estate management, Hotel
management or transportation company.

However, Dear, I am honorably seeking for your assistance in the following
ways:


(1) To provide a bank account which this money would be transferred into.
.

(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund and the investment while I continue
my study.


(3) To make arrangements for me to come over to your country to further my
education and to secure a resident permit over there in your country.

Moreover, I’m willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort/ input after the successful transfer of this fund into your
nominated bank account. Please I would like you to also indicate your
options towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be
concluded within a few bank working days you signify your interest to
assist me. I will give you more details as soon as I hear from you.

I’m anticipating hearing from you as soon as possible.

Thanks for your understanding.

My Best regards.

Anneth

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