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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: celine coulibaly <celine.coulibaly200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: celine coulibaly <celinecoulibaly50@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 22:06:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello dear one

Hello dear one

With Due Respect and Humanity, Let me first of all introduce my self to you, I am Mrs. Celine Coulibaly from
Switzerland
. I am married to Mr. Coulibaly who worked with a  construction company
in Asia for twenty Years before he died in the tsunami disasters, we
were married but without Any child.
I
am now suffering from long time breast Cancer and Cancer of the lungs,
from  all indication my condition is really deterioration and it is
quite
obvious that i wont live more
than 2 months according to my doctor, this is because the cancer stage
has gotten to a very bad stage
Since
his death being my husband I decided not to re-marry. I deposited the
 sum of four million five hundred thousand United States dollars
($4.5million)
with  One of the  bank in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire . And now i am willing
to donate the total sum of $4.5million to the less
privileged
and to contribute to the development of church in Africa,  America ,
Asia, and Europe . My late husband was a very wealthy man and
after
his death, I inherited all his business and wealth, Presently this
money is still with the above mentioned bank and the management just
Wrote
me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather
Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf If I cannot come over.

I am presently in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of the Cancer of the lungs in a
hospital,
I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told  me that I
have only a few months to Live. Please i want you to note that
 this money is lying in the Bank in Abidjan Cote d'ivoire

I
want a person that is trustworthy that will utilize 90% of this money
to fund  churches, orphanages and widows around the world but in my name
Mrs.
Celine Coulibaly; As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the
contact of the bank. I w ill also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and Keep this contact
confidential till such a time this funds get to your Custody,

this
is toensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth. Please what
ever your response may turn out to be i plead you to write me on for me
to
give you the contact of the bank and they will explain to you how and
what they need to release the money for you.
Thanks and God bless you

I await your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mrs.Celine Coulibaly

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