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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: Celine Coulibaly <celine.coulibaly200@gmail.com>
Reply-To: celine.coulibaly03@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2021 23:21:14 +0100
Subject: Dearest,

Dearest,

My name is Celine Coulibaly 21 years old girl orphan from Abidjan Cote d'
Ivoire.I have $5.2 million which I inherited from my late father and I now
decided to leave this country because of the wicked treatment that I am
getting from my uncles and I want to transfer the money to your account to
enable me come over your country to start new life and further my education
while you invest the money in a lucrative business because my life is in
danger here, though we have never met each other in person but I believe
that sometimes one need to risk confiding in another to succeed in this
life.

Please I need your help because my uncle has seized all that my late father
left and only this money remains for me. Please for God's sake rescue my
life from the hand of wicked uncles as they are ready to terminate my life
to make sure they succeed in taking all that my father left for me.

Sincerely
Miss Celine.

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