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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: NORBERT KOUAME <norbert.kouame1@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: norbert2009kouame@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2010 11:07:50 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: MR NORBERT KOUAME








MR NORBERT KOUAME
Analyste crdits
Bank Of Africa Cote d' Ivoire.

 
Dear  Friend,
 
MR NORBERT KOUAME contacting you and I will call you as soon as I get your message to you. I am contacting you in this transaction because i am the Analyste crdits in Bank Of Africa Cote d' Ivoire.
 
MR Lee Yeong Keun, deposit .(USD$15.5M)United State Dollars.left in fixed deposit account in a Bank Of Africa.(Cote d' Ivoire). I have all the details  and the particulars of the fund  indicating that the fund is still in existence and no body has applied for the claim  of the fund since MR Lee Yeong Keun is dead  in  GENERAL HOSPITAL in South Korea on 16th Jan 2006 at 02-01-PM.
 
It has come to my knowledge that the bank wants to confiscate the fund  hence no relative  neither partner  of the late MR Lee Yeong Keun has come or applied for the withdrawal of the fund. I have all the confidence   to explain this secret to you in order  claim the fund to your bank account as a partner to the deceased MR Lee Yeong Keun

I want you to get in touch with me so that i will give you the contact of  the bank Chairman  and explain to him that you're a partner of the deceased MR Lee Yeong Keun is dead  in GENERAL HOSPITAL in South Korea on 16th Jan 2006 at 02-01-PM.
 
The fund will be released to you as the partner of  deceased MR Lee Yeong Keun if you can stand  with the full details and data of the late MR Lee Yeong Keun which I should order you later, I will furnish you with all the necessary details of late MR Lee Yeong Keun all together with the deposit receipt of the fund which our bank issued to him the day he made the deposit  in  this  bank.
 
I believe that no risk is involved in this operation since I have the complete details of the fund  including the papers the bank issued to late MR Lee Yeong Keun, if question may arise from the Chairman, I give you all the corresponding answers to the questions respectively.
 
Your percentage remains your share in this transaction after the fund is transferred to your bank account. Please note that no staff neither the bank Chairman is aware that I linked this information to you, I will be happy if you can keep the secret of the transaction until the transfer is completed.
 
I linked you to this good deal because I know that our bank wants to impound the fund  for the reason that  late MR Lee Yeong Keun has no  remote relative on  either side of the family  to claim this fund. If you can go ahead with my instruction,I  will come to your country to meet you and invest my share  in  Estate Management in your country  immediately the transfer is over. I abide  to offer you 20%  while 10% is for any expenses  is for any expences that may arise during the transfer  process and I will come to your country to collect  the rest 70%.
 
You  will send your bank details so that i will give you the contact of  the bank Chairman as soon as  he approved your request to claim this fund. And you should not inform the Chairman that you have been sharing  communication with me concerning this affair, this is a confidenial operation because I don't want the staffs of the bank or the Chairman to notice that I released an inform to you to claim this fund since person has not come for the claim of the fund as the deposited has been noted dead long ago.
 
I wait to hear from you to give you more details and the contact information of the bank Chairman .
 
Best Regards
 
MR NORBERT KOUAME

Analyste crdits
Bank Of Africa Cote d' Ivoire

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