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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: jerome kouakuo <jerome_kouakou010@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2007 14:08:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: TREAT URGENTLY PLEASE


BUREAU DE DG.JEROME KOUAKOU
DIRECTEUR GENERAL BIAO BANQUE ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE
BANQUE INTERNATIONALE POUR L' AFRIQUE OCCIDENTALE 5/6/07
8-10 Av. Joseph Anoma, 01 BP 1274 - ABIDJAN

ATTENTION

MR BIEBERE
MY DEAR FRIEND I WOULD WANTED YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS TRANSCATION NEED URGENT ATTENTION. AS YOU CAN SEE THAT ITS BUSINESS AFAIR WE DONT NEED TO WAST TIME FOR THE SECURITY REASONS OF THIS FUND .I AM WAITING TO YOUR POSTIVE RESPONSE IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVED THIS MAIL .


THANKS
YOURS CO_OPERATION.
DG JEROME KOUAKOU BIAO BANK
ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE






Thank you so much for your very great reply. Just recently I for some weird reason started to have more visions when I am asleep about cash money and expensive gems falling into my hands. And then I by pure chance managed to win a pleasant scooter in a local prize draw. And then I got your letter. Is it not a little weird? I hope that I have not mentioned to you about this before and am not too boring to you again but I just found it so unusual. In any case, I would like to be direct. I have spent many long hours perusing your mail and I am still hesitant that I understand everything thoroughly. Sometime ago I had paid some payments to a person who wrote something almost the same as yours. He has still not answered back my last 14 emails and this makes me nervous about you. I hope it is ok for asking but are you unequivocal what you are proposing is not illegal? Your reply would be much considerate. Kind wishes, Ms Bieberer


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