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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 <viviancoulibaly@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: vivian1990bhc@yahoo.cn
Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:57:38 +0800 (CST)
Subject: I am Counting on You please




My Beloved one,
 
I am sorry to come to you in this way but bear with me; i just want to share my problems with you. My name is 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 Cote Divoire.
My father was a wealthy man, He is the owner of BRISCO CAR DEALERS LTD in the city of Abidjan, 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 called me secretly on his Bed side and told me that he has a fund (US$5,000.000. Five Million American Dollars) which he deposited in a Government bank here in the city of Abidjan. He said 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 an enemies in the family, that i should not stay in my country again, that i should look for a foreign partner in any country of my choice who will help me to claim the money out of the bank and use it for my future life and education.
 
In this regard my dear I am sincerely seeking for your humble assistance in the following ways,
1) 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, i don't have idea of any good business.
2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to stay and 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 at 30% 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 of 70% 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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