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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: koffi amido <koffi_amido_114@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 12:00:25 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM KOFFI AMIDO.


FROM: KOFFI AMIDO
RUE 10, AVENUE I4
LOT 88, COCODY ABIDJAN.
COTE D' IVOIRE

My chosen Partner,

Compliment of the season,Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I know this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written before.

Our Mother died long ago when she was about to delivered my most junior sister Chantal, she is 22 years old as of today, based that we lost our mother
so early our father took us so special, we are only three from my mother's side, I and the two girls. Introducing my self , I am koffi Amido 26 years of age the only son of the late Chief and Mrs Amido , My father was a gold and cocoa merchant based in Accra, Ghana and Abidjan ( Ivory Coast )

He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business trips. Before the death of my father on 27th February 2001 in a private hospital here in Abidjan.

He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of USD$12.5M ( Twelve Million five hundred thousand U.S),
deposited in Bank in ( Abidjan Cote D’ Ivoire, that he used my name as his beloved son for the next of kin in depositing the fund.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as expansion of his existing cocoa business and real estate management overseas.

I have make an arrangement with the Local bank manager here on how best to transfer this money to overseas please, I am humbly seeeking your assistance in the following ways.

1- To assist me in providing an account of yours
where this fund can quietly be transferred into.

2-To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am
still in the secoundary school with my junior sisters.

3)- To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to futher my education and to help me secure a
residential permit in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/ Input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated
account overseas, while 5% will be set aside to offset any expenses we may incure.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within the shortest possible time if you signify interest to assist me.

PLS CONTACT ME WITH THIS EMAIL / koffi_amido_111@yahoo.com

Thanks and God bless.

Yours sincerely

KOFFI AMIDO.




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