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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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Fraud email example:

From: "From Miss. sonia konan" <fatimaayusuf76@gmail.com>
Reply-To: misssoniakonan@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 11:28:41 +0000
Subject: Assalm-o-Alaikum

Assalm-o-Alaikum

Peace be with you the faithful, I know you might be surprised to
receive this message from me being that we have not seen each other
face to face. Please accept my apology if you find this mail
offensive. Please parmit me to share my life story with you. I am miss
sonia konan the only daughter of Mr konan wattao from Cote d'Ivoire
also called Ivory coast.

My late father was born and brought up in a Christian family, but he
turned to Muslim after he discovered the truth in Islamic religion. He
married my mother because my mother came from a good Muslim family.
Ever since my father turned to Muslim his family disowned him because
he turned to a Muslim and married a Muslim woman.

Because of this religious problem between my father and his family
members my father was poisoned to death by his brother over their land
problem

After the death of my father the family chased me and my mother away
because we are Muslims. They said that they can not live together with
Muslims unless we change to Christian but me and my mother refused to
change to Christian because Islam is better than Christian. Because me
and my mother refused to turn to Christian the family seized all my
father’s properties and leave nothing for me and my mother. Me and my
mother started living in hardship because nobody to help us and we can
not change our religion.

In the year ago war started in our country after election. The formal
president Mr Gbagbo is a Christian and Allassan is a Muslim man so
when Gbagbo lost election he refused to go instead he started killing
Muslims secretly until the problem result to war.

I could not believe what I saw with my eyes when rocket   hit Mosque
and killed so many people including my mother. My mother sustained a
very big injury but there was no hospital to treat her because all the
hospitals were closed during the war. That was how my mother died in
pain because no help.

I am in the street because the war is over and I don't have a place to
go my father and my mother are now dead. I tried to beg my uncle to
accept me in the family and he said unless I changed to Christian but
I still refused instead I choose to die as a Muslim. Before my mother
died she gave me one bank document where my father deposited some
money for investment. I went to the bank with the document i ask bank
to release the money for me but bank said no unless I present a
foreign trustee because the money was deposited for foreign
investment, so that is the reason i contacted you to stand as my
trustee.

The total money in the document is about (9,700.000US) Nine million
seven hundred thousand Us Dollars. So this is the reason I am
contacting you as my fellow Muslim so that you can stand as my trustee
so that the bank can transfer the money into your account. I will join
you in your country as soon as you receive the money in your account
because my life is in danger my wicked uncle is after my life because
of this money.  I don't have anybody to help me because I am an
orphan.

In your country you will be my helper and also you will help me to
invest the money in your country. I have decided in my life to die
than to join Christian religion. I am willing to give you 20% of the
money after successful transfer of the money into your account.Or you
can suggest any percentage you will take for you to help me. May the
Almighty Allah bless you as you are willing to help your fellow Muslim
sister in sorrow.

My greatest worry now is how to move out of this country because my
wicked uncle is threatening to kill me as he killed my father since I
refused to change to Christian.  over my dead body  to be a Christian
.Please do something very fast to save my life.

Please do not let anybody hear about this, it is between me and you
alone because of my security reason.

I am waiting to hear from you.

Your sister in Islam,
sonia konan

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