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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: Andre COULIBALY <finansije@kcs.ac.rs>
Reply-To: ac496853@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:59:04 +0200
Subject: My Dear Friend



--
Greetings, Please bring your attention to read this message with
sympathetic mind. I am Mr Andre Coulibaly,I am 63 years old Originally
from Montmorillon in France.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal
cancer.It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I
have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts. I
have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for
anyone (not even myself) but my businesses.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when
God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life
in a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few
close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,I
have decided to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some charity organizations. Now that my health has deteriorated
so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contented
with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows
of is the huge cash deposit of $45,000,000,00 that I have with a
Financial Holding Firm abroad.

I will want you to help me collect this deposited fund and dispatched it
to charity organizations. God bless you greatly as you do.

Andre Coulibaly

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