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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: grace koffi <gracemrskoffi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2023 10:34:28 +0000
Subject: hi

Hi,
My Name Mrs Grace Koffi Branch Maneger United Bank Of Africa Abidjan Cote d
Ivoire West Africa, How are You hope all is ok? There is a transaction in
my bank which i need your assistance and cooperation to finnish, this
transaction was put on hold by the bank due to the depositor of the trust
passing away in a plane crash.
Prior to his death he had requested the liquidation of the funds to an
onward transfer into the account of his business partner that he was doing
business deal with, but he never returned and i later learned that he had
perished in a plane crash.
I was handling every of his transaction before his death and this is the
reason why i need your help becuase my bank will have this fund diverted as
unclaimed funds, i need your cooperation to present you to my bank as the
person the money was intended for so that the bank can approve and release
this fund to you legally and officially, everything necessary has been put
in place for a successfull actualization of this deal please you can reach
me at my private email account if you can assist in doing this,
gkoffi01@outlook.fr
Thanks
Mrs Grace Koffi.

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