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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: "Mr.Quattara Koffi2007" <mrquattara_koffi2007@centrum.sk>
Date:
Subject: CAN THIS BE A SECRET ?

URGENT ATTENTION ?


From: Mr. QUATTARA KOFFI.
Director Account Department.
Citizen Bank Plc
Abidjan - Côte D'Ivoire.


Hellow Dear, STRIC TLY CONFIDENTIAL AND SECRECY.

I am Mr. Quattara Koffi a staff of Citizen Bank Plc Ivory Coast ( Cote d’ Ivoire ). I am the head of the Accounts Department. I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and confidential business proposal which I believe will profit both of us after completion. I contacting you after a careful thought that you might be capable of handling this top secret business transaction, which I explained below. I need your urgent assistance to claim and transfer the sum of ($11.500.000.000.00 Million USD) immediately to your account deposited by one of late customers Mr.Andreas Schranner Md for years.

Mr.Andreas Schranner Md, was a German property magnate who died long side with his entire family, his wife Maria, daughter Andréa Erich, her husband Christian, and their children Katharina and Maximilian, all died in Plane Crash, which crashed on Monday, 25th July, 2000 by CONCORDE AIRLINE [Flight AF4590], see the website below for your verification: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/859479.stm). this fund has been dormant (in-active) for years in our bank here without any body coming for it and now I decided to use this as an opportunity to enrich my heart desire by associating with you to claim the fund and have it transferred to your account. with the new Ivorian financial laws, if the funds are not claimed by any one or his family relations, the money will be mark as an abandoned fund and will go into Govt treasury as an abandoned fund, this is the reason why I have decided to contact you to negociate with me to stand as the next of kin to the deceased and beneficiary of the funds so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person as all attempts to trace his relatives were fruitless.

My position here at my office requires me to investigate which l did and discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official bank deposit documents in my bank and according to the Ivorian financial Law, the money will revert to the ownership of the Ivorian govt treasure if nobody applies to claim the fund. To avoid this money being sent to the Ivorian Govt treasure account as unclaimed funds, I have decided to seek your quick assistance to have you stand as the next of kin so that the said fund would be released in your name as the next of kin and paid into your account. therefore, if you would be interested to handle this confidential project with me, I will be willing to give you more information you will file and send to my bank for the claims and transfer of the fund. I agreed to share 40% for you and 55% for me and my family if you agree to help me execute this business while 5% is for any the expense we may incure during the transaction, so, if you are interested in this proposal, kindly reply me back immediately and Please I will like you to keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it if you are not interested at all.

Thank you and looking forward to hear from you.

Best Regards,
Mr. Quattara Koffi.
Account Officer.

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