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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: fatima salamu <fatima_sc17@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 12:56:57 +0100
Subject: Hello Dear From Miss Fatima Coulibaly,




Hello Dear From Miss Fatima Coulibaly,



It is with profound respect and humble submission, I beg to
state the following few lines for your kind consideration. I hope you will
spare some of your valuable minutes to read the following appeal with
sympathetic mind. I must confess that it is with great hope, joy and enthusiasm
to write you this mail and I believe by the faith that it must surely find you
in good condition of health.



I am Miss Fatima Salamu Coulibaly age 19 years old female
from Ivory Coast in West Africa, the Daughter of Late Chief Sergeant, Warlord
Ibrahim Coulibaly. My late father was an Ivory Coast's best-known military
leaders, and also in real estate business. He died on the Thursday 28 April
2011 following a fight with the FRCI," Republican Forces of Ivory Coast.



You can read more about my father in the link below to know
that I am genuine and truthful but need someone to be trusted like you



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




I lost my mother long time ago when I was just 6yrs old, and
since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father, he told
me that he made a fixed deposit of the sum of Six Million, five Hundred
thousand US Dollars. ($6,500.000.00) in the Bank with my name as his next of
kin.



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; luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File
which contained this deposit.



Please I will be glad if you can help me invest my
inheritance money in a profitable business in your country, if you agree, we
shall both share the total annual profit. I am thinking of investing into any
of these areas like (REAL ESTATE, 5STAR HOTELS, TRANSPORTATION, COMMUNICATION
and AGRICULTURE OR TEXTILE)



Please your suggestion and idea will be fine for me. I
demand you treat this very confidential. I will give you full details of the
funds concerning the transfer as soon as I receive your response. I will send
you my photo in my next mail.

Waiting for your soonest respond.



God bless you.



Miss Fatima S Coulibaly.




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