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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: Micheal Koffi <mic.partners.mali.sa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2015 00:36:03 +0100
Subject: TREAT AS VERY VERY URGENT

Hello Dear,
My Name is Mr Micheal Koffi, 48 years old, a citizen of Nigeria. I am
a computer analyst currently working with African Devenlopment Bank. I
started working with African Development Bank .(A.D.B.) ABOUT 2 YEARS
AGO. My Dear, I came across your payment file which was Aprove and
your Fund Release Hard Disk Painted Red, I took my time to study your
payment file and found out that you have really attempted to receive
the funds without success till now. The most annoying thing is that
the directors and top officials of this nations could not tell you the
truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to
you;instead they will let you spend money unnecessarily for the own
selvefish interest. I swear with my life, I can release this funds to
you if you can certify me of my security and how I can leave from this
country to meet with you in your Country. This is like a Mafia Setting
here if I do this for you, I do not intend to work here all the days
of my life and I cannot run back to my country as this Bank have my
home address in NIGERIA, and if I don't run away after I making the
transfer to your bank account, I may be in trouble or my life will be
in danger. BUT I HAVE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE FUND
TO NIGERIA IN ONE OF THE BIG BANK IN MY COUNTRY BECAUSE I KNOW IT WILL
BE EASILER FOR ME TO TRANSFER THE FUND THERE THAN STAYING IN AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK TO GET IT TRANSFER TO YOUR OWN COUNTRY THAT IS THE
REASON I HAVE TO INFORM YOU NOW SO THAT I CAN PROCEED TO GET IT
TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ONCE I HERE FROM YOU, AND I WILL GIVE YOU
MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO GET THE FUND TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,
AFTER I GET IT TRANSFER I WILL IMMEDIATELY LEAVE MY COUNTRY TO MEET
WITH YOU ON YOUR OWN COUNTRY, PLEASE LET ME KNOW YOUR INTENTIONS ONCE
YOU RECEIVE MY EMAIL, The only thing I will need to release this fund
is a Special Hard Disk, we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it,
recopy your information, destroy the previous one, and punch the
computer to make the fund reflect in your bank account within 72
banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file, after
which I will run away from here to meet with you in your country if
you are interested. But you must assure me the absolute
confidentiality of this deal before I can do anything further and i
will let you know the BANK name in NIGERIA.Do get in touch with me
immediately,You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for
easy communications and also reconfirm your banking details, so that
there won't be any mistake. For phone conversation,please call me on
+2348133776663 SPECIAL INFORMATION: YOU WILL SEND THE FEE FOR THE HARD
DISK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE YOUR TRANSFER OR YOU BUY THE HARD DISK IN
YOUR COUNTRY AND SEND IT TO ME,DON'T CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN NOT SEND
THE HARD DISK FEE FIRST OR THE HARD DISK. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR
EMAIL I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISK WILL COST YOU.
Regards,
MR MICHEAL KOFFI
Computer Analyst

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