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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 Halibu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <vivian_halibu011@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:49:27 -0000
Subject: Greetings..From Vivian Halibu.

>From Miss Vivian Halibu.

Dear respectful one.

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish with you in your country through your directives, thou we have not met before but one have to believe in someone before having a success,i was convienced disclosing this transaction to you, after going through your profile on the web directory. I am 20 years old the only child of my late parent Late Mr & Mrs Thamos Halibu, Native of Yaoussoukrou Cote D'ivoire,am currently sleeping in a guest house for my safety from the hands of my late fathers uncle who wants me dead. there is this huge amount of Four Million, five hundred thousand U.S dollars ($4.500, 000.00usd)which my late father deposited in a reserved deposit account with a bank here with my names as immediate next of kin , before my daddy was assassinated by some unknown enemies on the 27th day of aprail 2008. Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough for security and political reasons going on in m
y country now. I urge that you he

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your Friend?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. Can you get me a good school for the continuation of my educational Carrier which was disrupts by the sudden death of my parents?

If you can be of honest and sincere assistance to me, I will be pleased to offer to you good percent of the total fund for your kind and faithful assistance.

Further details will be made known to you upon the confirmation of your interest to assist me.send me your personal mobile number and private email where i will send you all the informations you need for this trnsaction process.

I am immensely waiting for your urgent response.
With due regards,
Miss Vivian halibu..


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