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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: "Mr Jerome Koffi" <mrjeromekoffii@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mrjeromekoffi@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:50:46 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: Investment in Your country




Mr. Jerome Koffi

I am Mr. Jerome Koffi single ( never married) I am planning to relocate to
your country for investment purposes with the fund left for me at the bank
here by my late father.

I have some fund and want to invest in Hotel and Transport business and we
$9,500,000.00 (Nine million five hundred thousand United States dollars)
we need you at act as our foreign business partner to my late father.

We will discuss your percentage upon your reply, please I will want you to
treat this information as an urgent message and reply to me without any
delay so that I can take my final decision. More detail will be given to
you once i hear from you with your personal data as well.

I wait to hear from you soon.

Mr. Jerome Koffi


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