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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: JACK KOUADIO <salinasromans@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2020 18:26:58 +0200
Subject: I WILL HELP,

Good Day; Dear Respectful One,

Please do not feel disturbed for contacting you, based on the
critical condition I find myself, My Name is Mr. Jack Kouadio from
France but residing in ivory coast since 1999 till now doing my
business, i specialize on Cocoa and gold exporting business from
Ghana, Liberia, Guinee Mali and Mauritanie, ETC.

I lost my wife in motor accident one week after my trip from Guinee to
negotiate on a gold business which i wanted to invest in, On 1th of
this month my Doctor took an examination on me and found out that i
have ( METASTATIC LUNGS CANCER ), after the checkup my Doctor told me
that I don't have much time to live do to the level of the cancer in
my system,

I have a Deposit of ( TWELVE MILLION U.S DOLLARS ) with a bank here in
lvory coast, having known my condition as my Doctot made it clear to
me, that is why i solicit for your assistance to stand as my Foreign
Trustee to enable the bank release the fund to you since no name was
mention to bank during the time of Deposit as my Foreign Trustee.

Please i want you to promise me that you are going to utilize this
fund the way I am going to instruct you herein?. I want you to take 30
% of the total fund for your personal use While 70% will go to
ORPHANAGE, WIDOWS AND WIDOWERS ALSO CHURCHES MORE ESPECIALLY.

i look forward to hear from you for more details if you are willing
and Able to handle this transaction.

Best regards,
Mr. Jack Kouadio

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