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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: "Miss. Francisca Coulibaly" <franciscoulibally2@mail.com>
Reply-To: missfranciscacoulibally001@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2019 21:36:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings my Dear friend,

Greetings my Dear friend,
My Names are Miss. Francisca Coulibaly, Age: (20 years old still a student) Na
tionality: Republic of Ivory Coast. I am the only child and daughter to my lat
e Mother Lady. Violet Claudia who was a single mother. She was a wealthy Busin
ess woman that deals on Hospital equipment before her death on 26 October 2018
as result of poison which we suspected my wicked uncle that poisoned her out
of envy with his Evil powers so he can take over all my late mother’s propert
ies.

You may be surprise why am I telling you all these. I am telling you this beca
use, before my mother died in the hospital, she told me that she has a cash de
posit sum of $5.5 Million US dollars in a bank which she uses to run her busin
ess before she fall sick. She told me to avoid my evil uncle and look for a fo
reign partner in any country who can understand my condition and help me trans
fer the money out of this country and help to invest it in good business while
I continue my education.

My dear this is my reason for contacting you today, Please Do Not Refuse to gr
ant me this helps because, I really need your help now to relocate out of this
country and go far from my evil uncle. After the transaction I will be happy
to compensate you with 30% of the money and 5% for every Expense you made in h
elping me out. I will tell you more about myself and my plans when I hear back
from you.
God bless you as I wait for your response to help me.
Yours friend
Miss. Francisca Coulibaly.

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