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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: Phillip Kouassi <phillipkouassi1011@globomail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 16:32:09 +0000
Subject: Invitation: Hello!! @ Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm (phillipkouassi1011@globomail.com)

You have been invited to the following event.

Title: Hello!!



My name is Mr.Phillip Kouassi the principal treasury officer with one of
the prime banks in Cote d'Ivoire. I have decided to contact you through
this medium based on a business proposal, which will be of mutual benefit
to both of us. I discovered your email through comprehensive web email
search on directory so I decided to contact you. I know this might sound
like scam to you because of a lot of activities going on in the internet
today.But I assure you that this is real.

I am the personal accounts manager to one of our late client , a national
of your country, who used to work with an oil servicing company here in
Cote d'Ivoire, the late client made a numbered time (fixed) deposited for
twelve calendar months,valued at EURO 18,200,000.00 (Eighteen Million Two
Hundred Thousand European Euros) in my branch.

Upon maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract employers, PETRO-CI Corporation that my client died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did
not leave a will and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that the deceased
person did not declare any next of kin in all his official
documents,including his bank deposit paperwork. This sum of
(EURO 18,200,000.00) is still sitting in the bank and the interest is rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

No one will come forward to claim it. According to the law of Cote
d'Ivoire, at the expiration of 5{five} years, the money will l revert to
the ownership of the Cote d'Ivoire government if nobody claims the
funds.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to deceased person for the fact that you have
same last name with him so that this money will not be reverted by the
government. If this request matches with your inward intention for success
and greatness, then you are urged to make a quick response indicating your
interest and readiness to participate and work with me to make this
successful.Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country. In your return
mail, please do forward your information as listed below if you are willing
to complete this deal with me, to enable me put the total fund in your name
for claim as the next of kin to the deceased person:

Your full name:
Your contact address:
Occupation;
Your phone number:
Date of Birth:

I wait for your urgent reply.

Best Regards,

Mr.Phillip Kouassi
Rue 18 Avenue 11 Angre
Cocody-BP 982 Abidjan 01
Abidjan-Ivory Coast
Email:phillipkouassi@gmail.com
When: Mon Feb 24, 2014 1:30pm - 2:30pm Sao Paulo
Calendar: phillipkouassi1011@globomail.com
Who:
(Guest list has been hidden at organizer's request)

Event details:
https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MzYyaWUxNHA0aWRxZ3RxM3IxNmRxMTNkbWsgdGF4bWFuQGFtZXJpdGF4LmNvbQ&tok=MzIjcGhpbGxpcGtvdWFzc2kxMDExQGdsb2JvbWFpbC5jb20zODY1NjY5YmE2NzFiMjhhNWVjZmVjMWJmZTY5NjBhY2M3YmVmYzU1&ctz
erica/Sao_Paulo&hl

Invitation from Google Calendar: https://www.google.com/calendar/

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because you are an attendee of this event.

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