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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: jones koffi <joneskoffi@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Apr 2018 15:42:17 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE HELP ME.



I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE, PLEASE HELP ME.

Permit me to inform you of my desire to enter into business relations with you. I know this letter may come as a surprise to you as we do not know each other but I hope and pray that you are a honest and sincere person and that you will be able to help me and my little sister in this project.

My Name is Jones Koffi, the only Son of Eng Koffi Yaya from Abidjan -Cote d.Ivoire . I am 18 years old, and my late father was an exporter and importer of cocoa and oil. He was poisoned to death by his Business Associates on one of his business trips. Before the death of my father, he secretly revealed to me the sum of nine million U.S. dollars. $18.5 Million United States Dollar, that he deposited in a bank in Abidjan -Cote d.Ivoire, on behalf of his foreign partner as the recipient of the fund.

I am seeking for your honest assistance to help me stand as the foreign partner of my late father and the recipient/beneficiary of this money and provide a bank account where the money will be transferred into, the reason I seek for your help is because of the agreement which was made between my late father and the bank on the day he deposited the money... on that agreement my late father made it clear that the money will not be withdrawn, it should be transferred to his foreign business partners bank account abroad for investment purposes, but my late father did not mention any name as his foreign business partner to the bank before he died.

I have gone to the bank and the bank told me that the money will be transferred under the agreement of deposit they did with my late father, they requested I should provide my late father foreign business partner in whose bank account they are going to transfer the money. And I do not know anybody abroad, which is why I contacted you so that you will help me in the following ways...

1. To provide a safe foreign bank account where the money will be transferred into.

2. To make arrangement for me and my little sister Maria to come to your country to continue our education and also invest this money in any lucrative investment their in your country.

Before the death of my father, he asked me to pick someone from any foreign country, someone who can not betray me or run away with the money... someone who is trustworthy to help me receive this money, so I believe in God that you will be honest and kind to me and my little sister and that you will not betray us or run away at the end of this transaction.

I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for your effort after the successful transfer of this fund into your account abroad... I will also like to meet you face to face to enable us build some sort of trust and confidence between us. If you are willing and capable in helping me and my sister without betraying us or run away with This money,

then I Want you to send me the following information’s to enable us proceed…

1. Your full name.......................
2. Telephone number.................
3. Contact address.....................
4. Age.......................................
5. Gender..................................
6. Occupation............................
7. Your nationality......................
8 . Your Email Address................

Also indicate your willingness in helping me and my sister, so that I will tell you more about us and I will send you the prove documents showing the deposit of money at the bank, after that I will send you the details of the bank where my late father deposited the money so that you will contact them.

This is my private email address ,,, ( joneskoffi3@gmail.com )

I will wait for your reply to my email
Thanks and God bless you.
Regard,,Jones Koffi

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