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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1pc3MgQnJ1Y3kgSWJyYWhpbSI=?= <brucy038@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:

=E2=80=8B
Good Day And God Bless,

Please permit me to introduce m= yself, I am Miss Brucy Ibrahim Coulibaly 25 years old female from the Repub= lic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Ibrahi= m Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB ). My late Father was a well known Ivory Coas= t military leader. He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 during the last politi= cal crisis in my country, I lost my mother at the same time, and on my arri= val from school I saw the death body of my mother,
I am contacting you b= ecause i want you to stand as my guardian in the management of a sum $8.5 m= illion u.s dollars that my late father left for me before he died. I have t= he documents which the bank requested and I have confirmed from the bank wh= ere he deposited the fund with my name as the next of kin, I want you to un= derstand that I am ready to continue my life here in Africa my life is not = secured and please come to my rescue ,Please I am ever ready to offer you 3= 0% for your help,10% will be donated to the orphans like me to help the poo= r, after everything  you will help me invest the balance  in your= country also you will recommend a good university where i will complete my= studies. Please take me like your daughter or your sister. Thanks and I wi= ll give you more details as soon as I hear from you.

Sincerely Yours= ,
Miss Brucy Ibrahim Coulibaly.

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