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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Miss Linda Ibrahim <miss.linda52@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Miss Linda Ibrahim <misslindaibrahim37@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 16:41:46 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Urgent Reply Needed
 Hello My Dear
,
Please permit me to introduce myself, I am Miss Linda Ibrahim Coulibaly 23 years old female from epublic of Ivory Coast, the
Daughter of Late Chief Sgt. Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB). My late Father was a well known Ivory Coast military leader. He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast (FRCI)
I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father because my mother died during child birth and I was left alone with my step mother to take care of me. Meanwhile I wanted to travel to Europe, but she hide away my traveling documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my father File which contained
important documents like will and deposit certificate of my Father fund which bears my name as the next of kin to inherit the money in SECURITY COMPANY. Now I am presently staying in the Refugee Mission Cam in Republic of Benin. I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 7.5 Million in security company with my name as the next of kin.
I have contacted the security company to clear the deposit but the Branch Manager told me that my late father place an instruction on the deposited fund that I must present a foreign trustee who will help me in investmentof
the fund.However, the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stan on my behalf for the transfer of the fund. I wanted to inform my stepmother about this deposit but I am afraid that she will not offer me anything after the release of the money because she threaten to kill me.
Therefore, I decide to seek for your help in transferring the money into your bank account while I will relocate to your country and settle down with you. As you indicate your interest to help me I will give you the account number and the contact of the bank where my late beloved father deposited the money with my name as the next of kin. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% out of the total money after the transfer for yourassistance and the balance shall be my
investment in any profitable venture which you will recommend to me as I have no idea about foreign investment. Please all communications should be through this emailaddress for confidential purposes. Thanks
in anticipation of your positive response.
Thanks
Miss Linda Ibrahim
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