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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: Marthalyne Coulibal <mayoneiiii@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Marthalyne Coulibal <marthalyneecoulibal@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 6 Mar 2015 11:38:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest in Christ


Dearest in Christ

It's another new day, how was your night and how Is your family doing together with your business hope everything is going according to God’s will, hope my mail finds you in good health.
I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect trust and humanity, I appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter. My name is Miss. MarthaLynee Coulibal am twenty four years old female from the Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, am the only Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Warlord Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB). My late father was a well known Ivory Coast militia leader and also a former gold dealer from Ivory Coast to America. He died on Thursday twenty eight April two thousand eleven following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI).
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to kill me so that she can take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.

Meanwhile I wanted to travel out, but she hideaway my international passport and other valuable documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's File which contained important documents. Now I am presently staying in the Mission in Ivory Coast while I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of  (Twelve million Five hundred thousand United State Dollars) in one of the Leading bank in Ivory Coast with my name as the next of kin. I have contacted the Bank to claim the deposit but the bank Manager told me that being a small girl that my status according to the local law does not authorize me to carry out the operation. However, he advised me to provide a trustee  foreigner who will stand on my behalf i was going through my father database and i saw your contact and i decided to contact you for help.

As you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the contact information of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention to compensate you with thirty five percent of the total money for your assistance, and ten percent for all the expenses that may be needed for transfer cost, please you will help me to invest the remaining fifty five percent in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as i have no any idea about foreign investment. If you are interested to help me please write back to me so that i will direct you on what to do regards. Am anticipating to read back from

Mis. Martha Lynee Coulibaly

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