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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: MISS RACHEL <missrachel_ibrahim@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2013 04:08:38 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please I need your help,

Please I need your help,


Please permit me to introduce myself, I am Miss Rachel Ibrahim Coulibaly 24 years old female from the Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB ). My late Father was a well known Ivory Coast military leader. He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI).
You can read more about my father in the link below:


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-ibrahim-coulibaly

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late Father’s treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father because my mother died during child birth and I was left alone with my step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hides away my international passport and other valuable documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important documents. Now I am presently staying in the Mission in Burkina Faso. I was in school before reading MEDICINE but presently am not working which at time i use to join the missionary to give medical assistance to some Refugees here for free.


I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My late father deposited the sum of US$5.5 Million in Coris Bank International and also a quantity of GOLD DUST and a collection of two PARS OF MASQURET (ANTIQUITY) of 18 CENTURIES of valued $2.5 Million in one of SECURITY COMPANY here in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I have confirmed from the bank and the security company on my arrival here in Burkina Faso, I had contacted both the Bank Manager and of the security company director to clear the deposit but the Branch Managers told me that being place an instruction on the deposit by my late father that I must present a foreign trustee who will help me in investment of the fund. However, they advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf for the Transfer. I had wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am Afraid that she will not offer me anything after the release of the money because she
threatening to kill me before i ran away from my country.

Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your bank account while I will relocate to your country to complete my studies which I promise to my father when he was alive. As you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the account number and the contact of the bank and also of the security company contact where the deposit was made by my late father with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable business venture which you will recommend to me as I have not any idea about foreign investment.


I will send you more details as soon as I receive your reply. Thank you.

Yours sincerely
Miss Rachel Ibrahim Coulibaly.

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