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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: Tin Koffi <tin.koffi31@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: koffit23@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:51:11 +0100 (CET)
Subject: FROM TIN KOFFI



FROM TIN KOFFI
UNITED NATION ASSYLUM CAMP
ABIDJAN WEST AFRICA

Dearest One,
please repiy me with this private e mail box
koffit23@yahoo.fr)
After going through your profile,I became interested in disclosing everything about myself to you.i am interested in long termrelationship.i am the only child of late Mr KOFFI ,A produce
merchant of Sierra Leone, who was assassinated by the RUF rebels on the 16 of April 2004.Unfortunately my mother died for hypertension three week later here in Abidjan and before then my mother has already advised me to look for a person abroad who will assist me by fronting as the foreign partner to my father on whose behalf he deposited the sum of
$10.500 Million.This money was deposited with a Security Trust Company herein Abidjan,it was deposited for a foreign business with his partners. Now that i am in Abidjan and verified the deposit, i need your assistance to help me to claim this money out,for investment in
your country.I ask you to scout for a valuable and lucrative business so that both of us can invest wisely, apart from the relationship. I have in mind to give you 20% of the total and 5% for any expenses which you may incure in course of this transaction.By this mail you are now requested to arrange on how this money will be claimed into youraccount by sending your details information like telephone and fax number with your full name nformation deatils so that the procedure will be faster.Waiting for your response
Yours sincerely
TIN KOFFI


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