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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" <vdguzman@macodalogistics.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 14:39:22 -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.

NOTE : Kindly Reply Via this my Privitate Email address (  koffiba2121@gmail.com )  if you are interested.

Thanks

Mr. Koffi Ba
Email:koffiba2121@gmail.com

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