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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: James Coulibaly <dcassidy204@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamesscoulibaly@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2017 16:40:00 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?SG9sYSBzZcOxb3Is?=

Hola señor,
¡Buen día!
Tengo información para usted, soy el Dr. James Coulibaly, y soy
contador en un banco en Lomé Republic of Togo. Me estoy comunicando
con usted para saber si puede estar interesado en abogar por una
transacción financiera de un fondo abandonado valorado en $ 4.5
millones de dólares por un cliente retrasado, he puesto en marcha un
buen acuerdo ya que este dinero será transferido a usted como pariente
más cercano a este dinero si indica su interés en su respuesta, le
daré más información cuando reciba su respuesta positiva. Espero oír
de ti.
Saludos.
Atentamente,
James Coulibaly.
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Hello Sir,
Good day!
I have information for you, I am Dr. James Coulibaly, and I am an
accountant with a Bank in Lomé Republic of Togo. I'm contacting you to
know if you can be interested to champion a financial transaction of
abandoned fund valued of $4.5 million dollars by a late customer, I
have put in place good arrangement as this money will be transfer to
you as the next of kin to this money if you indicate your interest in
your reply, please I will give you more information when I receive
your positive answer. I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards.
Yours Faithfully,
James Coulibaly.

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