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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: michelle kouassi <kfam03@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <m.kouassi78@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2007 16:03:31 +0200
Subject: FROM MICHELLE KOUASSI,



FROM MICHELLE KOUASSI,
Good Day & may the blessings of the most high God be with you, My name is Miss Michelle kouassi an ivorien citizen,the only daughter to the late Mr williams kouassi,He was asassinated last January by unknown gunmen during their annual general meeting in france.I inherited a total sum of {15.5 million dollars] from my late father, this money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company here in Cote D'Ivoire Due to the instruction he laid down before he deposited the box, that he needed maximum security/safety of the trunk box and no body nor government organization can trace where about of the box until i am ready to claim it.
This deposit was coded under a secret arrangement as a family treasure.This means that the security company does not know the content of this trunk box
Being that this part of the world experiences political crises time without number,there is no guarantee of lives and properties,I am not safe investing this money here any longer despite it has been my late father's industrial plans,I want you to do me a favour to receive this trunk box to a safer place in your country as the beneficiary,I have plans to invest this money in continuation with the investment vision of my late father in your country,I have vision of going into real estate and industrial production,This is my reason for contacting you Consider my situation as a small girl and come to my rescue,
Please if you are willing to assist me I will like you to send to me your 1. Your full name, contact postal address2. Your phone and fax numbers.3. Occupation. Once i confirm this I will be submitting it offically to the security company as my late father's foriegn business partner so that they will ship the trunk box to your countryplease indicate your interest in replying soonest. Thanks and best regards.michelle kouassi


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