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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: From Vivian Coulibaly <viviancoulibaly190@att.net>
Reply-To: yaknyak1990@yahoo.cn
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:20:54 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: My dear, please i need your help


My dear, please i need your help
Dearest one,
My name is Vivian Coulibaly; I am a young girl and a student. I am the only surviving child and daughter to late Mr& Mrs Bright Hyman Coulibaly A Nationality of iVORY COAST.
My father was a wealthy business man, and the owner of BRISCO CAR DEALERS LTD in the city of Accra Ghana, also he was a politician before he was poisoned by the enemies of progress and he fall into deep sickness that lead him to death, His death was very painful to me because My mother died when I was just 6 years old, And since my mother died my father took me so special because I am motherless.
When my father was at the point of death at Christ the King hospital Abidjan, he secretly called me on his Bed side and told me that he has a fund ($5.000.000, Five Million American Dollars) which he deposited in one of the leading bank in Accra Ghana, that he used my name as his only Daughter and the person who will inherit the deposit fund in future.
He also explained to me that it was because of all his wealth that he was poisoned by the enemy of progress,
I have been very busy with my study at kokodi university before the resent political crisis arise in my country,as a result of this i this every body is running away from the country and i am very futunate
to be able to escape from that deadly country and as i am writing to you now i am in Accra Ghana,although life have not been very easy for me since i arrive here
so i have decided to move the fund which my father owns here i UNITED BANK OF AFRICA here i Ghana and i need your help.

Dear with due respect I need your humble assistance in following ways,
1) To assist me in claiming this money from the bank to your own account in your country,
2) To be my guardian and receive the money in your account and to invest it for me in a lucrative business since am still a young girl,
3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a citizenship permit in your country.
Moreover I am willing to give you 20% of the total money as compensation for all your effort and input supports after the successful transfer of this money to your account. As I said above you will also help me to invest my own share into a good business so that I will not suffer in future. Immediately I hear from you concerning my request. I will forward to you all the necessary information's concerning this deposit Fund, with the bank contact address so that you will contact the bank Director and ask them what is proccedures to transfer the money into your account.
I will stop here now and wait to hear from you soon.Thanks and God bless you as you bring out your heart willingly to help me out.
 
My Love and best regards to you.
Vivian Coulib

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