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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: Anna Kouassi <annakouassi@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Anna Kouassi <anna.kouassi@yahoo.fr>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 22:39:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Anna Kouassi: Please Help Me

Dear,

Sorry if I had disturbed you by contacting you through this media. It is the only media I see as better way to contact you. I believe that you will listen and accept my proposal to you.

I'm Ms Anna Kouassi. The daughter of Ms. Ophelia Kouassi who lost her life while travelling for a business trip from Malaysia in the Malaysia Airline MH370 in 8th of March 2014, May her soul rest in peace. My mum is not married and didn’t bear any child but I was her adopted daughter.

Before her death, my mum was the current chairwoman of the investment committee of the steel manufacturing and trading group Metal Holdings Ltd, Which she inherited from her late father. This position she enjoyed because of her quality administrative and management experience and also because of the good stake she had in the company. But unfortunately, she lost her life and left me behind. Besides her position as the chairwoman, she is engaged in different business around Africa and Asia countries.

After the news of her death, I was able to discover some documents that bear my names as the next of kin to the fund she deposited in the bank and the gold she deposited in the security vault. I have contacted the bank and the security company and confirm that my mother really make me the next of kin of the deposits.

Because of my position as adopted daughter, all her close relatives gather to deprive me my family right as her daughter, claiming that I'm not legitimate daughter to her. But with help of my mother’s lawyer, I'm still holding to my stand.

The reason I'm contacting you is to seek your assistance in few ways (1) to assist me transfer my inheritance to your account. If possible you can set up a special account on your name. After the fund will be transferred to your account I will come to your country to continue my education. (2) To help me retrieve the gold my mother deposited in the security company before her death (3) To help me have a stay in your country when I will come over to meet with you and continue my education (4) to help me manage the investment until I will be old enough to handle it.

If you agree to this, please reply me with some good advice.

Thanks and remain blessed.

Yours Sincerely,

Ms Anna Kouassi

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