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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: "vivian salife" <mrs_vivian_salife@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 01:48:46 +0000
Subject: Dear from vivian reply

Miss Vivian
London.

Dear Respected One,
My name is Vivian Aslife, the daughter of Mr Aslife
of Zimbabwe. During the current crisis against
the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President
Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our
country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender
their farms to his party members and their followers. You
can view website to see the kind of brutal and wicked
government we have in Zimbabwe:

http://www.rte.ie/news/2000/0418/zimbabwe.html

My Father was one of the best farmers in the country and
knowing that he did not support the President political
ideology, the president supporters invaded my father's farm
and burnt down everything, killed him and confiscated all
his investments. Before this unpleasant incident, my father
and his lawyer had already visited Europe to deposit the sum of
five Million US Dollars (US$5,000,000.00)
in asafe diplomatic Security Company in Europe my fathers lawyer
have the Note certificate of deposit in my custody.

After the bloody incident, i and my mother had to escape to london
for the safety of our lives. Where we have been living
since then as political refugee. I am seeking for a reliable
foreigner who can assist us in moving this funds
out for safe banking and profitable investment.

Honestly I am telling you all this just because I don't
want to invest this funds in london due to my status here as
a political refugee and moreover I don't want to take risk
because this funds is all that I and my mother are
depending on.My father was issued with a certificate
of deposit when he deposited the funds with the security
company and my fathers lawywer have the document with him.

We are seriously looking for a trusted partner that will
assist us with the convenient and legal claimant of the
consignment containing the funds and onward transfer of the
funds out of Europe. Your help will be appreciated with 25%
of the total fund while 5% of the total will be set aside
to cover any expenses incurred during this transaction. And
70% will be for my family. We will be happy if you
will be able to invest our share in your country under your

supervision. I would appreciate confidentiality and honesty
in our correspondence. Your immediate response will be
highly welcome I hope to hear from you soon. Please include
your phone and in your response for better communication.
God bless you and your family,

Miss Vivian
For the Family.


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