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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: Ms Sivia Ibrahim <tw2008689@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms Sivia Ibrahim <siviaibrahim2015@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2016 04:12:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT TO YOUR PERSON


 Good Day Dearest.
 
I greet you in
the name of God, I am Miss Sivia Ibrahim Coulibaly 23 years old female from the
Republic of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late Chief Ibrahim
Coulibaly, My late Father was a well known Ivory Coast military leader. He died
on Thursday 28 April 2011 following a fight with the Republican of Ivory oast
(FRCI).
 
I am constrained to contact you
because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She
planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since
the unexpected death of my beloved Father because my mother died during child
birth and I was left alone with my step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile I
wanted to travel to Europe , but she hide away
my traveling documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father's
File which contained important documents like will and deposit certificate of
my Father's fund which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the money in
his bank account. Now I am presently staying in the Refugee Mission Camp in Burkina Faso . I
am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of
blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 7.5 Million in Bank Of Africa here in Burkina Faso
with my name as the next of kin.
 
I have contacted
the Bank to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that my late
father place an instruction on the deposited fund that I must present a foreign
trustee who will help me in investment of the fund.
 
However, the manager advised me to
provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf for the transfer of the fund. I
wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid that she will
not offer me anything after the release of the money because she threaten to
kill me.
 
Therefore, I
decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your bank account
while I will relocate to your country and settle down with you. As you indicate
your interest to help me I will give you the account number and the contact of
the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the
next of kin.
 
You will also be
responsible for the investment and management of the fund for me and also you
will help me get a good school where i will further my education.
I agreed to give
you 40% of the 7.5Million once the transfer is done. this is my true life
story, I will be glad to receive your respond soonest for more details to
enable us start and champion the transfer less than 14 bank working days as
told me by the bank manager.
 
 
Yours sincerely
Ms Sivia Ibrahim
Coulibaly

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