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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: "Paul Kukuh" <hmobilya@mail.od.ua>
Reply-To: paulkukuh@start.bg
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 22:32:25 -0000
Subject: =?koi8-r?B?RGVhciBGcmllbmQ=?=

>From Hadim & Paul
Address : rue 213 Boulivard Gestang Treachville,
Abidjan, Cote d`ivoire, West Africa.


Dear friend,


I am pleased to contact you this nominated time after much thinking
towards this transaction.Looking straight to the point,I am a 19 years
undergraduate Paul Kukuh with my only sister Hadim 17 years of age, the
only children of late Mr & Mrs Peter Kukuh, President/CEO of Café-Cacao &
Agro-Alimentaire industrie Plc.(SCAFECAO) Abidjan.

Our father was a wealthy cocoa-coffee merchant based in Abidjan, one of
the economic cities in the western part of Ivory Coast before he was
poisoned to death by his business associate in a diner party organized on
his name to honor his company.

When our mother died on the 21st of October 2010,my father took us so
special because we are motherless.Before he gave up the ghost on the 29th
of March 2014 by 10.00am in a private hospital here in Abidjan.He secretly
called me and informed me that he has a sum of € 41.5 million EURO left in
a Bank in Spain.

Before he finally gave up,he admitted that he used my name as the only Son
for the next of kin in the deposit of the money.He explained to me that it
was because of his political ambition in the present Government that he
was poisoned to death by people he called his friends. He Instructed me to
seek for a foreign partner in a country of our choice where we will
transfer this fund and use it for investment purpose,such as real estate
properties.

We are honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1) TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR US TO COME OVER TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE MONEY
HAS BEEN TRANSFERRED TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

2) TO LOOK FOR A BETTER UNIVERSITY FOR US IN YOUR COUNTRY SINCE WE WILL
STILL LIKE TO FURTHER OUR STUDIES.

Moreover,We are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation
for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund to your
nominated account oversea.Furthermore, you can indicate your option
towards assisting me as we believe that this transaction would be
concluded within seven working days you signify your interest to assist
me.


Anticipating to hear from you soon.

Yours Sincerely,
Hadim & Paul Kukuh


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