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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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Fraud email example:

From: Fatima Salamu <salamfatima01@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 14:07:22 -0700
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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