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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: Lovelyn Mabou <lovelynmabou@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:59:23 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: THIS IS MY FULL LIFE STORY WITH TRUST AND HONESTY


Dear sweet heart, 



greeting to you  sir,i am writing you with heart.



full of tears and sorrow but firstly i have to say



 Compliments
of the season and i will be expecting you to  mail me back in reply to
my request to you . .please tell me more about your self as well your
intenssion towards me if you do agree towards having intimate
relactionship with me ? cos for me am out to see to your satisfaction .



 



To tell you about myself, i am Miss lovelyn Mabou from  Ivory
Coast in West
Africa,5.7ft
tall, dark in complexion, 24 years old , the only surviving duaghter
of  My (late)father (Dr, Patrick Mabou) from Ivory Coast, but i am
presently in  dakar
senegal
under asylum as a refugee,i am second  year student in the university
of Ivory Coast studying mass communication before the war started in my
country till date



 



i am open minded person ,  easy going girl , confident ,
hard working , caring , alway stand by my word .am seeking  for someone
who is honest like i wrote in my profile to get married to nomatter
where he comes from  and no matter his religious back grand  ,



 



i
am  single never married and active and i like everything that makes
life easy and comforting eg going to beach , cooking , watching tv
sports  like football  etc , shopping , reading newspapers and novels
,having long walk.pls i would ve loved to chat with



u but in this camp we are not allow to go out often.



We
don't have any relatives now whom we can go to all our relatives ran
away in the middle of the war the only person we have now is the
Reverend Father who is the pastor of the (Christ The KingChurch) here
in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not
living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the
camp have two hostels one for men the other for women.



 



Because
i use to commiuncate with you through the reverend father computer here
in camp i sent and recived , Also here is the reverend father phone
number    (00221-773080609) for easier to hear your voice, When you
call tell the reverend father that    you want to speak with lovelyn
Mabou He will sent for me to come and answer to your calls



 As a
refugee here i don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it
money or whatever because it is against the law of this country. I want
to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before
the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took
place. Please listen to this,i have my late father's statement of
account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you
letter,



Because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money
in one of the leading Bank In Europ in  which he used my name as the
next of kin, the amount in question is (DEPOSIT CERTIFICATE) of
(US$6.5m)Six million Five hundred thousand U.S Dollars deposited by my
late father in bank  which i am the next of kin.



 



So
i will like you to help me transfer this money to your care and from it
you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air
ticket to come over to meet with you..



I kept this secret to people
in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend
because he is like a father to me. So in the light of above i will like
you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid
of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.



Remember
i am giving you all this information due to the trust and love i
deposited on you.I like honest and understanding people, truthful and a
man of vision, truth and hard working.



Mean while i will like you to
reply me like i said i have allot to tell you.. If you accept and
willing to help me please kindly attached your photo and recent contact
details as you reply me.



As i have attached my photo to you, Have a nice day and think about me. Awaiting to hear from you soonest



Thanx darling and take good care of yourself










yours lovelyn





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