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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: GOULINAN NADEGE LE LOU <gnadege2412@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mariankouame120@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2022 13:07:49 +0100
Subject: greetings,beloved ones in the lord,

I am Mrs. marian kouame from United States living in Côte D'Ivoire, I
am a widow without a child suffering from long time illness (Cancer
and Kidney damage) there is funds I inherited from my late loving
husband Mr. Kouame, the sum of ($ 2.700.000.00 Million) I need a honest
and Faithful person that can use these funds for humanity work. 70% of
this funds for orphanages, school and widows, propagating the word and
other humanitarian works, The remaining 30% should be yours for your
efforts as the new beneficiary. Please if you would be able to use
these funds for humanitarian work kindly reply to me. As soon as I
have received your response, I will give you further directives on how
you are to go about the claims of the said funds. Remain blessed Mrs.
marian kouame.Peace be with you,I'm waiting for your answer.

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