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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: Malika Abely <malikaabely@gmail.com>
Reply-To: malikaabely@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 22:12:44 +0000
Subject: HELLO

Hello Dearest,

Compliment of the day , How are you doing today? I hope all is well
with you, more especially in the area of good health and sound mind,
because that's the most important thing in life. My name is Malika
Abely am 18 years liveing in Ivory Coast, West Africa. Actually, I am
an Orphand and I inherited the sum of 3.3 million US dollars from my
late father, who used to be a businessman reputable before his death.
He use to do business of cocoa and cotton out of Ivory Coast to
Europe, Asia and the Middle East exports. My father died in a car
accident few years ago when I was in my early age. I do not like to
talk about the accident, and that makes me mourn anytime I remembered
and talk about it. My father left the money in the bank and put a
clause in the contract deposit "should be 30 years of age or guardian
and provide a foreign custodian before the bank can release the money
to me as the following list of family in case if not more. that is why
I contacted you to help me to claim and transfer the money to your
country for investment, and I will also continue my education there.

As things stand at the moment, I have no body i can trust here, even
from my fathers side, because my uncles are also among those who
struggle and want me dead because of the wealth of my late father.This
country is no longer safer for me because of the political instability
here, so i have decided to move to a better place to continue a new
life. I came to you because I want to invest the funds in your country
and also complete my studies there. I made my choice to move to your
country and start a new life there, I have chosen you to be my
companion and guardian because I am an orphan as I said it before and
I have no one else to trust here. Once i receive your response, I will
then give you more information and documents on thistransaction, so
you can negotiate the transfer of this funds to the bank as my
guardian and foreign custodian.

Thank you for your understanding and have a great day.

Malika


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