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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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Fraud email example:

From: From Vivian Coulibaly <viviancoulibaly@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: vivian1990bhc@qq.com
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 22:26:07 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Please Read Carefully




With due respect my dear,



I am sorry to come to you in this way,but i did as i am in need of your help.

My name is Miss Vivian Coulibaly, 22 years old girl, a student, I am the only child and daughter to my late parent Mr.Bright Hyman Coulibaly, a Nationality of Ivory Coast.



My late father was a politician and a successful business man that exports Cocoa to many European countries and other Western Africa. Because of greediness over his successful in life, his brother ganged up and killed him and my mother by the trope rebels during the past Crisis in my country last year so that he can own all his properties. You can visit this site to know more about the crisis: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15962777



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGR00XyaEqw



The death of my parent brought sorrow into my life because, i am now an orphan no brother and sister am alone. One day After the Crisis has end, i was in my daddy`s room and i open his portfolio which he normally travel with and i saw some documents proving that he has a fund (€5,000.000.00 Five Million Euros) which he deposited in one bank abroad in France and my name as his Next of Kin. I have contacted the bank in France and send them the account information to confirm if the money is there and they proof to me that the fund is still in existence.



So my dear, i want you to assist me to claim that money out from the bank in France to your own account so that i can relocate to your country and stay with you and start up a new life with that money over there because my life is not safe here in my country. I will need your assistance in the following ways,



(1) To provide account where the bank can transfer the money to.

(2) To help me invest the money in a good investment.

(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country and stay and further my education after the transfer of the money to you.

(4) To help me get a residence permit in your country because i will not come back here in my country again for my safety.



Further more after the successful transfer to your account, i am willing with all my heart to offer you 30% percent of the money for assisting me in this purpose, And you will help me to invest the rest of money in a good investment so that i will not suffer in future.



I will stop here now and wait to hear from you if you are interested to help me let me know so i can send you more information to enable us procced on this. I have the deposit documents proof of the money in the bank over there in France.



Thanks and God bless you



Miss.Vivian Coulibaly.

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