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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: Success Kouku <successkouku@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 02 Jul 2007 03:19:09 +0200
Subject: From Success Kouku


Greetings from Success Kouku, I know that my message will come to you as a=
suprise since i dont know you in person or met with you before,but i am o=
f the believe that you would be obliged to come to my assistance after hea=
ring about my situation. It is highly regreatable writing to you now not m=
inding the circumstances that pavaded around me here in Abidjan. I am Succ=
ess Kouku, the only Son of late Mr and Mrs. Kouku my father was a very wea=
lthy business man resides in Abidjan, before he was poisoned to death by h=
is business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business. wh=
en my mother died in 1989, my father took me so special because i am mothe=
rless. Before the death of my father on Wednesday 29th November 2006 at 07=
:45 Gmt in a private hospital here in abidjan. he secretly called me on hi=
s bedside and told me that he has a sum of US$ 10.000,000 (Ten Million Uni=
ted States Dollars) left in a suspence account in a local bank here in abi=
djan, that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the money. He =
also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poison=
ed by his business associates. that i should seek for a foreign partner in=
a country of my choice where i will transfer this money and use it for in=
vestment purpose, (such as real estate management) dear, i am honourably s=
eeking your assistance in moving this money out of this country to your co=
untry for better living and good establishement. Please i want us to have =
better understand and follow the advise of each other to enable us acheive=
success in this transaction . Thanks and God bless you and your family as=
i wait your response.
sincerely
Success Kouku


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