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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: From Vivian Coulibaly <vivian1992c@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: vivian1992bhc@yahoo.cn
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:55:00 +0100
Subject: Help Me Please


Dear,
With due respect my dear,I am sorry to come to you in this way please =20
bear with me, My name is Miss Vivian Coulibaly, 19 years old girl, a =20
student, I am the only child and daughter to my late parent Mr.Mrs =20
Bright Hyman Coulibaly a Nationality of Ivory Coast, My father was a =20
wealthy Business man also a politician before he had a serious =20
accident which my mother died instantly and my father was rushed to =20
the hospital which he later died after two days.

Their death was very painful to me because,i am now an orphan no =20
brother and sister am alone. When my father was at the point of death =20
in the Hospital he called me secretly on his Bed side and told me that =20
he has a fund (US$5,000.000.00=A0 Five Million American Dollars) which =20
he deposited in a bank here in the city of Abidjan He said that he =20
used my name as his Next of Kin and the person who will inherit the =20
deposit fund in case if he is no more. He also told me that i should =20
not stay in this country again, that i should look for a foreign =20
partner in any country of my choice who will help me to claim the =20
money out of the bank and use it for my future life and education, =20
after saying these words he gave up.May his and my mummy soul rest in =20
peace.

So my dear, this is the reason why i contacted you with hope that you =20
will not find it difficult to assist me in this project. I will need =20
your humble assistance in the following ways,1) To serve as the =20
guardian of this money and to help me for the investment of the money =20
in a good business since I am still a young student.
2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country and stay =20
with you and further my education and to secure a resident permit in =20
your country after the transfer of the money to you.

Further more after the successful transfer to your account I am =20
willing to share the money with you 40% of the total money to you as =20
compensation for assisting me in this project, And 60% for me which =20
you will help me to invest in a good business so that i will not =20
suffer in future. Immediately i hear from you concerning my request. I =20
will forward to you all the necessary information's concern this =20
deposit Fund and the bank contact information so that we can start the =20
procedure of transferring the money to your account.

Thanks and God bless you

My Love and best regards.

Vivian Coulibaly.

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