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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: =?UTF-8?B?Ik1pc3MgQnJ1Y3kgSWJyYWhpbSI=?= <brucy044@terra.com>
Date:
Subject:


Good Day And God Bless,

Please permit me to introduce myself, I = am Miss Brucy Ibrahim Coulibaly 25 years old female from  the Republic= of Ivory Coast, West Africa, I'm the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Ibrahim C= oulibaly  (a.k.a General IB ). My late Father was a well known Ivory C= oast military leader. He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 during the last pol= itical crisis in my country, I lost my mother at the  same time, and o= n my arrival from school I saw the death body of my mother,
I am contact= ing you because i want you to stand as my guardian in the management of a s= um $8.5 million u.s dollars that my late father left for me before he died.= I have the documents which  
the bank requested and I have confirm= ed from the bank where he deposited the fund with my name as the next of ki= n, I want you to understand that I am not ready to continue my life here in= Africa  my life is not secured and please come to my rescue,I am ever= ready to offer you 30% for your  help,10% will be donated to the orph= ans like me to help the poor, after everything  you will help  me= invest the balance  in your country also you will recommend a good un= iversity where i will  complete my studies. Please take me like your d= aughter or your sister. Thanks and I will give you more details as soon as = I hear from you.
Sincerely Yours,Miss Brucy Ibrahim Coulibaly.

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