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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 Aish Ibrahim <barakijabbar523@gmail.com>
Reply-To: aishibrahim20212@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 8 Feb 2021 13:31:12 +0100
Subject: Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Hello Dear,

Please bear with me, I am writing this mail to you with tears and
sorrow from my heart. I am Miss Aisha Ibrahim Coulibaly, I am 24
years old female and also a medical student from the Republic of
Ivory Coast, West Africa, I am the Daughter of Late Chief Sgt.Warlord
Ibrahim Coulibaly (a.k.a General IB). My late beloved 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).https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Coulibaly

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment which I am
receiving from my step mother. After several years of the death of my
beloved father passed, One faithful morning I was cleaning my
father’s bed room when I discovered a brief case containing some
valuable documents that states that I am the next of kin to an
account deposit in the neighboring country Burkina Faso with the
total sum of US$5.8Million. Ignorantly out of excitement, I rushed and
inform my step mother and that was when my problem started. She
conspired with my uncles to kill me by all means but failed, mine
wicked step mother tried to poison me twice but I survived it all.
After which I escaped to Burkina Faso by road because she seized all
my traveling documents.


Now I am passing through very difficult situation in the refugee camp
here in Burkina Faso where I am hiding with total fear and agony
because my wicked step mother can go to any length to achieve her
motives. I have contacted the Bank to clear the deposit but the
Branch Director told me that being a refugee in the country, my
status according to the local law does not authorize me to carry out
the operation, and insist that I will have to appoint or present
someone to stand for me for the claim. However I am seeking for a
long term relationship and investment assistance from you to stand as
my trustee and partner so that the bank can transfer the fund to your
account in your country, And for you to also help me to come over to
your country for investment and to start a new life again as well as
complete my studies in the school of medicine which have been the wish
of my beloved late father. As soon as I receive a positive respond
from you, I will not hesitate to send across to you all the
information concerning the deposit. And I promise to give you 30% of
the total sum for your help and assistant.

Please note that if you must get in touch with me then you must reply
me back through my private box (aishibrahim021@gmail.com) and please
if you are not interested do not waste your time to reply kindly
delete my message from your box ok.

Waiting to hear from you soonest.

Miss Aisha Ibrahim

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