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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 Vivian Coulibaly <vivian1989bhc@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: vivianbhc@ok.net
Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2011 09:15:45 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Good Day To You My Dear.


Good Day to you my Dear
 
I am sorry to come to you in this way but i did as my heart lead me to choose you for this important issue. I am Miss Vivian Coulibaly, 21 years old girl, a student. I am the only child and daughter to late Mr. & Mrs. Bright Hyman Coulibaly a Nationality of Ivory Coast.
My father was a wealthy man and the owner of BRISCO CAR DEALERS LTD in the city of LOME TOGO, also he was a politician before he was poisoned by the enemies of progress and he fall into deep sickness that lead him to death,

His death was very painful to me because, since my mother died my father took me so special because i am motherless. Now when my father was at the point of death in the Hospital he secretly called me on his Bed side and told me that he has a fund (5,000.000. Five Million American Dollars) which he deposited in a Government bank here in the capital territory LOME TOGO, that he used my name as his Next of Kin and the person who will inherit the deposit fund in case if he is no more. He also told me that he was poisoned because of his wealth by his enemies in the government that i should not stay in my country again, that i should look for a foreign partner that will help me to claim the money and use it for my future life and education.
 
Since my father was dead and buried I have drop out of school because no body is there to sponsor me again, and I have been facing so many difficulties of this world which I have never experience before. My uncle is very wicked to me, he has claimed all the property of my father because i am still a young girl, but he doesn’t have idea about the money in the bank because my father gave me the documents secretly. Now i have manage to come down to this country Togo to claim my father's fund in the bank so i can use the money to start up a new life in abroad and to further my education which is very important to me and for investment of the money because I will not return back again to my country.

Therefore my dear I am sincerely seeking for your humble assistance in the following ways,
1) To assist me in retrieving this money from the bank to your own account in your country.
2) To serve as the guardian of this money and to help me invest it in a good business since I am still a young student,
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country because I don't want to come back again to my country for my safety and this money as my father instructed me before his death.
 
Further more I am willing to share the money with you 40% of the total sum as compensation for your effort of making sure that the bank transfer the money to your account. And you will also help me to invest my own share 60% into a good business so that i will not suffer in future. Immediately i hear from you concerning my request. I will forward to you all the necessary information's concern this deposit Fund and the bank contact information so that we can start the procedure of transferring the money to your account.

I will stop here now and wait to hear from you as soon as you read this mail.

Thanks and God bless you as you bring out your heart willingly to help me out.
 
My Love and best regards to you.
           
Vivian Coulibaly.



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