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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: Koffi Ba <mariambakayoko@barccorp.org>
Reply-To: koffiba2121@myway.com
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 09:38:45 +0000
Subject: MUTUAL TRANSACTION

Dear Sir,

Compliments of the season.I got your contact through trade and
commercial services in my country.I am the C.E.O of IVOIRES SECURITY
company.Our major function is to secure and safeguard precious
materials,provide security services to strategic and multinational
companies.
We some times provide financial services,you can have full details from
our website.

During the political insurrection in Cote d Ivoire, three years ago,the
country witnessed the worst political crisis since after independence
from
France in 1960.After the political impasse,my company was forced to send
out secular to all clients that deposited precious items with us.Many
came forward and identified themselves,some went further to re-new their
contracts with us.

The company noticed after three years that one high profile customer was
assassinated alongside his whole family by the rebels.We could not trace
any close relation of the deceased.

We recently opened his consignment and witnessed 125 kilograms of gold
22k.All documents are intact,we need a foreigner that will play the role
of a business partner to the deceased.The beneficiary name will be
immediately changed to reflect yours if we come to agree on a precise
business term.


If you are interested to assist in the above mutual transaction,get back
to me by mail and we shall book a rendezvous to meet for a face to face
meeting.

Eschew all fears and muster courage and assist in this deal.

Thanks

Mr. Koffi Ba
Email:koffiba2121@myway.com

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