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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: "AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrskoffi20017@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 07:15:27 -0600
Subject: MY DEAR FRIEND 8 3 T

M MRS KOFFI JACQUES
Head of Account department African Development Bank
CAN I TRUST YOU????

I have some fund I want to transfer to your account send me your contact
information for more details if interested send me the following
information
1 your name and address
2 your contact phone and fax number
3 your age
4 your occupation
5 copy of your ID
please note there are procedures and rules before the fund is transfer

REGARDS
KOFFI JACQUES
REPLY ONLY TO THIS EMAIL: mrskoffijacques2@hotmail.com
AND CALL ME ON THIS LINE +2347080988136

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