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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: mme.chantel2019@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2020 14:38:13 +0000
Subject: Greetings to you,

Untitled form

To fill it out, visit:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfotKFetfMO2GtgObxG4zohm2_dE1uO8j0Erm-s8sZDEvfi-Q/viewform?vc
Greetings to you,

Please permit me to introduce myself, I am Miss Chantal Ibrahim Coulibaly
18 years old female from the Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm
the only child and Daughter of Late Chief Sergeant Ibrahim Coulibaly, My
late Father was a well known Ivory Coast military leader. He died on
Thursday 28 April 2011 following a fight with the Republican of Ivory Coast
military and rebels in our country.


You can read more about my father in this link below:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-ibrahim-coulibaly

My mother died when I was still a baby 4yrs old, my father took me so
special. Before the death of my beloved father he told me that he deposited
the sum of $6.5 million US dollars in one of the international bank here in
our country. My father used my name as his only child and daughter for the
next of Kin in depositing of this funds in the bank.


I have contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told
me that my late father place an instruction on the deposited fund that I
must present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the fund.
However the Bank manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on
my behalf for the transfer of the fund.

I am honorably seeking for your assistance to help me provide a bank
account in which this money $6.5 million US dollars will be transferred
into, and to serve as my guardian also. and to make arrangement for me to
come over to your country to further my education.

I am willing to offer you 20% percent out of the total Fund, as a mode of
compensation after the transfer, for your time and effort.

Thanks and God bless you for your kindness to assist me. Please your
urgent reply is needed For more details..

Yours sincerely,
Chantal Ibrahim Coulibaly.

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