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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: "annekoume31@zipmail.com.br" <annekoume31@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 14:10:09 -0300
Subject: hello


My Dear,

Greetings,Hope all is well with you, this message might come to you as a
surprise because we never meet or communicate with each other before,
please let this message never come to you as a surprise since I am
contacting you for goods and in good faith.

My name is Ms,Anne Koume. from Ivory Coast West Africa; I was
searching for a very reliable Person, who will assist me
in my investment plans over there, I am very pleased to come across
your contact details and I will use this opportunity to request for your
assistance in my investment plans in your area,

Ihave some reasonable sum of $US4.5MILLION which I inherited from my late father who
was a traditional ruler and cocoa merchant in Abidjan before his
death recently, now I am ready and wanted to relocate out of this country and
come over there to your area so that I will secure a business
opportunit y.

I wis h to invest in Agricultural Project and Real Estate in your base
because we do not have fair investment opportunities here in our country
because of frequent political crisis.

plz your assistance is needed to enable me achieve my goals. Your urgent
response is needed so that I will give you full details.

Moreover, expensive, I am willing to offer 15% of the entire sum as compensation for your effort / input after triunfada transfer of these funds into your nominated account overseas.
 
Also indicate your options to help me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within fourteen (15) days in which mean the interest in helping.


Anticipate to have your news soon.

God bless you
Ms Koume.Anne


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