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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: Ms Sivia Ibrahim <siviaibrahim2015@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Ms Sivia Ibrahim <mssiviaibrahim@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 00:07:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello My Dear: Greeting to you & your family,
Greetings!
Please accept my apology if my mood of contacting you will any way offend you. I am Sivia Ibrahim 24 years old female.from the Republic of Ivory Coast,West Africa ,am the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt.Warlord Ibrahim Coulibal (a.k.a General IB ). My late father was a well known Ivory Coast militia leader . He died on Thursday 28 April 2011 following a fight with the Republican Forces of Ivory Coast(FRCI)I am seeking for long term relationship and investment assistance. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$ 11.5 Million in one bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin.
I have contacted the Bank 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 investment of the fund.the manager advised me to provide a trustee who will stand on my behalf for the transfer of the fund.
I am compared to contact you via this medium for obvious reason which you will understand when we discuss details. I am waiting for your respond for further detail.
Sivia
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