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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: Joelle Ibrahim <joelle_ibrahim01@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: joelle.ibrahim01@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2013 18:14:08 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: My Name is Miss Joelle Ibrahim.


My Name is Miss Joelle Ibrahim.
I am 19 years old and single. The only daughter of Late Mr. Koffi Ibrahim from Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. I am studying in France before i received the shock informations that the rebels have killed my father and my mother during the recent political crisis in our country between our former president Laurent Gbagbo and the new president Alassane Ouattara last year january 2012.
 
My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire. I recovered my late father's documents from our family lawyer after my parents burial and found out that my father deposited the sum of USD ($3.000,000.00) ( three Million Dollars) in a suspence account in one of the prime banks in our country Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire which i and my father's lawyer have visited the bank with the copies of the documents i recovered from my late father's lawyer and confirm the existence of the money in suspence account.
 I am contacting you now to help me handle this transaction and to help me transfer this money into your bank account and use it for an investments to enable me start a new life over there with you in your country.I am willing to offer you 20% of the money if you will help me. Let me know quickly if you are interested so that i will inform my father's lawyer about you for more details and how to transfer the money legally to your bank account.
 
I assure you that this is legal and i will give you details and any legal documentations you may need to see and confirm.
Best Regards,
Joelle Ibrahim

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