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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: sarah koffi <sarah101koffi@t-online.de>
Reply-To: "sarah_koffi207@yahoo.co.jp" <sarah_koffi207@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 12 May 2018 11:30:38 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dearest




Dearest,
How are you today and how is life generally? I hope this message find you
in good health. I have contacted you because I wish to ask you for a favor
of executing a charity project on my behalf. But before I tell you about it
in details, I will like to tell you a bit more about myself.

I was brought up from a motherless baby home in my country and was married
to my late husband, Mr. Manuel Abbey who worked with Canadian Embassy here
in Cote d'Ivoire for a period of 8years before he died. We were married for
30 years without a child before he died in a fatal car accident. Since his
death I decided not to remarry as my religion forbids it.
I am 69 years old, and am suffering from a long time Pancreatic cancer,
from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite
obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not
live for the next Few months, this is because the cancer has gotten to its
terminal stage.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$8.5m (Eight
Million Five Hundred thousand United State Dollars) with a Bank here in
Republic de Cote D'Ivoire. Presently this money is still in the custody of
the Bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next
few months due to cancer illness. Having known my condition I decided to
donate this money to charitable organization for the less privileged and
helping the elderly with this funds.

My sincere intention is to present you to the bank as my friend. I will
also inform them of my intention to appoint you as the beneficiary to the
above mentioned fund, and then instruct them to release it to you, so that
you can carry out a project on my behalf, since I'm not strong enough to do
the work myself due ill health. You're also entitled to a reasonable amount
from the fund.

I decided to open up to you because my spirit is at ease with you. My time
on earth is almost up and I just need to entrust the fund to a sincere and
honest person who will help me carry out this my last wish on earth, since
I can't trust the fund with selfish and greedy Africans.
Pls let me know if you can execute this project on my behalf so that I give
give you more details on what I really want you to do with the fund.

I will appreciate your response.contact me here :sarah_koffi207@yahoo.co.jp
Sincerely,

Sarah





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