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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: AISHA KOFFI <info@infonet.com>
Reply-To: aishakoffi45@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:34:39 -0300
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT

My name is AISHA KOFFI, daughter of the late ZIMBABWEAN Minister of
Agriculture, Michael Dami Koffi, who was brutally assassinated by the
opposition government in my Country a while ago. This unfortunate murder
came about as a result of the Land Use and Act Reforms signed into law by
the president, Robert Mugabe. This Law favored the rich black Farmers and
was against the poor ones and the White Farmers who took to the streets
burning, looting and killing innocent people. Unfortunately, my father,
being the head of the Agric Ministry at the time, was seen, erroneously, as
the man who encouraged the president to sign the Act into law. He was
killed in the ensuing disturbance and confusion.

His known properties were destroyed and set ablaze. Our family had to flee
from the country because of this problem. We are now living our lives like
refugees herein the United Kingdom (UK), since asylum was granted to us
here and as it is, we cannot go back to Zimbabwe for obvious reasons, as
even the government of Zimbabwe cannot guarantee our safety at this time.

In my father´s WILL (which I have a copy of), he gave directives that I
take possession of his estate & consignment(s) on behalf of the family, as
deposited with a Security Carrier Company. The consignment(s) in question
was deposited and registered as classified family documents and bonds but
they actually contain funds in the amount of US$36M (Thirty Six million
United States Dollars) which he instructed that I move outside my country
and invest in a viable partnership venture.

I cannot single-handedly manage these funds and cannot trust any of his
associates or friends in Zimbabwe with assisting me on this, hence this
desperate letter to you for your immediate assistance.

At this point the big question is: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED AND WILLING TO ASSIST
US IN THIS VENTURE?

Furthermore, I wish to emphasize the need for confidentiality in this
matter. I await your response to enable us proceed herein.REPLY TO THIS
E-MAIL aishakoffi45@yahoo.com.hk



Best Regards.

AISHA KOFFI

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