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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 <vivianini4@gmail.com>
Reply-To: viviannbhc@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Aug 2012 06:58:37 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Read and reply




Hi,

I am Miss. Vivian Coulibaly, From of Ivory Coast, I am 19 years old girl; I am the only child and daughter to late Mr. &Mrs. Bright Hyman Coulibaly A nationality of Ivory Coast.



My mother died when I was 6 years old, and since then my father took me so special because I am motherless. My later father was an importer and exporter of general goods Merchandise here in the City of Abidjan and also was a politician.



On the 12 May 2011 my father died of heart attack because, I was kidnapped by the rebels during the Crisis in my country last year on 30th March 2011, The rebels demanded some amount of money from my father before they could release me which he paid the sum of 30, Million CFA my local Currency.



The shock of my kidnapped affected his heart which he suffered only for two months and died. The death of my father really hurt my life a lot because I am now alone in this world, neither mother nor father.



Before the death of my father in the hospital he called me on his bed side and said that he deposited a huge sum of money worth of $5,500,000.00, (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND AMERICAN DOLLARS) in a bank here in Ivory coast, that he use my name as his next of kin/beneficiary to deposit the fund because he loved me so much and I am his only child.



He warned me not to stay here in our country because his relatives are evil, and he suspected his younger brother who was a supporter of our formal president Laurent Gbagbo to be responsible for my kidnapping, he also said that I should look for a foreign partner who can help me relocate to his or her country and invest the money wisely for me in hotel managements, houses and lands properties so that I will not suffer in future.



As I am talking to you now my life if in danger, I am in hideout in one Church because of my family members, they are not happy with me because of this money in the bank, they are planning to assassinate me by all possible means to enable them be in a good position to claim this money at the bank.



Please dear, I want you to help me out very fast because; my life is not safe here. What I want you to do now is to stand behind me as my partner to receive this money from here to your account so that I will move out of this country and come to stay with you in your country and have rest of mind over there and you will also help me to invest the money in a good business and investments as my father told me while, I will continue my education.



After the transfer of the money to your account I will give you 30% of the total money for all your effort in helping me out in this condition and when I come over there we shall have a legal contract bind that will make you a share holder of any investment that we make with this money.



I will wait for your urgent reply so I will give you the contact of the bank so you will send them your details for the transfer of the money.



I am waiting for your respond as soon as possible. This is my mobile number 0022502981388



God bless you as you help me out.



Vivian Coulibaly.

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