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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: ngussan_coulibaley@zipmail.com.br
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 10:10:41 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT DEAL

Greetings,

I am Mr.Ngussan Coulibaley the Auditor General in a bank in abidjan There
Is an Account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 no body has Operated
on this account again. After going through some old file in the records
I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be
forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is Dr.Phillip Morris ,
a Foreigner and a miner at delth Gold Co, a geologist by Profession. He
died in 1990. And no other person knows about this account or anything concerning
it.The account has no other beneficiary and my Investigation Proved to me
as
well that his company does not know anything about his Account and the amount
involved is USD36m) Thirty Six Million United States Dollars.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because the bank is going to welcome
you as a foreigner that has correct information about the account, which
I will give to you before we proceed. I know that this message will come
to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, we will sign an
agreement for the legitimacy of the money before proceeding further. I strongly
believe in God that you will never let me down in this business because
you are the only person i have contacted in this business. I need you?re
full cooperation to make this work fine.

If you are Capable to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust
we will achieve this money immediately, because this opportunity might not
Come again in life. I will also use my Position to Influence and affect
legal approvals and immediate onward transfer of this Money to Your account
with appropriate clearance from the ministries and Foreign
Exchange department. As soon as the transfer is concluded, you are entitled
to 25% of the total fund.

I look forward to your earliest reply in my private

email (ngussan_coulibaley011@yahoo.fr)
Sincerely Yours,

Mr Ngussan Coulibaley



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