419 scam: "Ms. Fatoumata Coulibaly" <avocatmbah@yahoo.com.sg> Your Urgent Assistance Needed! Reply Now.

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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Fatoumata Coulibaly" <avocatmbah@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: icfatou@safe-mail.net
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2013 07:59:55 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Your Urgent Assistance Needed! Reply Now.

>From Fatoumata I. Coulibaly,
Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

Hello my dear,

Kindly permit me to inform you of my desire of going into long time relationship and financial transaction with you, hence am contacting you with due respect and heart full of pains and sorrows.

As I started earlier, I am Fatoumata I. Coulibaly, 22 yrs old and never married. I am writing this message to you with sorrows and pains in my heart, based on the political/ethnic division crisis in my country, which lead to the killing of my father.

Please my good friend, I am sending this message to seek for your assistance in my efforts to procure the transfer of my inherited important sum of money from my late Father. My late father deposited the amounts with the bank here in Abidjan - Cote Dâ€˜Ivoire, with my name as the Next of kin.

I really wish to invest this money in Manufacturing OR real estate management in your country, under your care and management, until I am old enough to handle the investments my self.

If you are willing to help me, I would be much pleased to offer you 15% from the total money. Therefore, you are to reply back as soon as you received this message, so that I will explain everything to your understanding.

May God bless you,
Miss Fatoumata I. Coulibaly.

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