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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: Vivian Coulibaly <vivian.couly@yahoo.co.nz>
Reply-To: viviancnc@yahoo.cn
Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2009 15:16:31 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP, MY DEAREST ONE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP!


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A CRY FOR HELP, MY DEAREST ONE I NEED YOUR URGENT HELP!
 
I AM VIVIAN COULIBALY FROM No 56 Reu Marccory Street.Abidjan.Ivoiry
Coast.
West Africa.
 
MY DEAREST I AM SORRY TO COME TO YOU IN THIS WAY , BUT I DID AS MY
SPIRIT LEAD ME TO YOU, I AM VIVIAN COULIBALY, THE ONLY CHILD AND DAUGHTER OF
LATE MR. BRIGHT MASUKU COULIBALY. MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY MAN AND THE OWNER
OF BRISCO CAR  DEALERS IN THE CITY OF ABIDJAN THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY
COAST, ALSO MY FATHER WAS A POLITICIAN BEFORE HE WAS POISONED BY THE ENEMISE OF
PROGRESS AND HE FALL INTO DEEP SICKNESS THAT LEAD HIM TO DEATH.
 
WHEN MY
MOTHER DIED ON THE 15TH DECEMBER 1998, MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I
WAS MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 25TH MARCH 2009 IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT
HE HAS A SUM OF US$8.000.000.00 (EIGHT MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HE
DEPOSITED AS A FIX DEPOSIT ACCOUNT IN A GOVERNMENT BANK HERE IN THE CITY OF
ABIDJAN, THAT HE USED MY NAME AS HIS ONLY DAUGHTER AND THE PERSON THAT WILL
INHERIT THE DEPOSITED FUND.
 
HE ALSO EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE
OF HIS WEALTH THAT HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES. ASLO HE WARNED ME
NOT TO STAY IN THIS COUNTRY, THAT I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER IN ANY
COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHERE I WILL TRANSFER THIS MONEY AND USE IT FOR INVESTMENT
PURPOSE, AND FOR THE FUTURE OF MY LIFE . NOW MY DEAREST ONE I AM HONOURABLY
SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS.
 
( 1)TO PROVIDE A BANK
ACCOUNT WHERE THIS MONEY WOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO
( 2)TO SERVE AS THE
GUARDIAN OF THIS FUND SINCE I AM A GIRL OF 21 YEARS OLD.
3)TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY HAS BEEN
TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. MOREOVER, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 40% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT AND INPUT HELP AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL
TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED ACCOUNT OVERSEAS. FURTHERMORE, YOU CAN
INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME IN THIS REQUEST.
 
IMMIDAITELY I
HEAR FROM YOU I WILL GIVE YOU THE  DEPOSIT DOCUMENT AND THE BANK CONTACT ADDRESS
SO THAT YOU WILL CONTACT THE BANK AND VERIFILED WITH THEM FOR THE TRANSFER.

I AM WAITTING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON ON MY PRIVET MAIL BOX,  viviancnc@yahoo.cn
 
THANKS AND GOD BLESS .
VIVIAN COULIBALY
 



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