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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: "Miss Aaren Coulibaly." <Reply@comcast.net>
Reply-To: missaarencouli@mailbox.co.za
Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 12:43:26 +0200
Subject: Very Urgent Please



Hello My Dearest,
I have looked for a better way to reach you, but I have failed severally
in my efforts, rather I only got this means to contact you as this is
urgent and please do not be offended by it as I expect your quick reply.
I am Miss Aaren Ib Coulibaly, and I am 24 years old female from the
Republic of Ivory Coast, in West Africa. The Daughter of Late Chief I.B
Coulibaly (also known as General I.B). He died on Thursday 28 April
2011(a date I will never forget in my life) and this was as a result of
a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI).You can read
more about my father in the link below:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/apr/28/ivory-coast-renegade-warlord-ibrahim-coulibaly
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away my entire late
father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of
my beloved Father, because my mother died when she was giving-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.
Fortunately she did not discover where I kept my father's File which
contained important documents ( The will and Deposit Certificate) of my
Father's fund which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the
money in his foreign bank account. Due to her aggressions on me, I
decided to move away to Republic of south Africa, and right now I am
presently staying in the South African Diplomatic Refugee Mission Camp,
I am seeking for your help (relationship) and investment assistance. My
father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$20.5 Million in his
foreign bank account with the First National bank of South Africa (FNB)
with my name as the next of kin and owner of the fund. I have contacted
the Bank here in South Africa to clear the deposit but the head of the
bank’s international wire-transfer 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 for the investment of the fund, just due to my
young age as at the time of the deposit.

Finally my dear beloved, my reason of contacting you is because 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 as the fund is
invested under your care. Once you have agreed to help me in this, I
will give you the contact details of Bank manager where my late beloved
father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It is my
intention to compensate you with 25% out of the total money after the
transfer and extra 5% for any expenses you will make, for your
assistance and the balance shall be my investment in any profitable
business which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign
investment. Please all my communications with you should be through my
email address; for confidential purposes as for now and I will provide
you with my phone numbers once I managed to get any phone with me.
Please keep everything confidential until this money goes to your
account.
Thank you as I wait for your positive response.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Aaren. Coulibaly My email is this ( missaarencouli@mailbox.co.za )

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