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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: "Miss,Victoria Lukas" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <victoria.lukas00@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 11:40:53 +0100
Subject: PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE TO GO INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

>From Victoria Lukas
Rue de Gabon ABIDJAN 01.
COTE D'IVORIE, West Africa.


PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF MY DESIRE TO GO INTO RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.

Dearest one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire to go into business relationship with you,after going through your profile and I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to the nature of my proposal,which requires a reputable and trustworthy person. Someone who will be kind and sincere to me.

l am Miss Victoria Lukas, the only daughter of late Mr and Mrs Robert Lukas. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast, he was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their business meeting. My mother died on the 22th may 1991 and my father took me so special because l am motherless.

Before the death of my father on 10th December 2007 in a private hospital in Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down to listen to him, he started crying, why? (1) He complained that I am too young to be managing my life with no one to take care of me,that my uncles are evil too.(2)That I have not finished my university education as he planned for me, he revealed to me that he has a sum of US$16.500.000.(SIXTENN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) left in a suspense foreign account in europ, that he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that it was because of his wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money and use it for proper investment purpose ,that I must finish my university education by the help of a business partner abroad,that he or she should help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country. He also gave a standing instruction to the bank that the deposit can be transferred outside the country according to my wishes,My father also,told me that the money was deposited as family valuables to avoid attracting attention to the deposit.

I left for south africa when my uncles almost kill me,i left every other properties behind and run for the safty of my life,and all the necessary documentation regarding this funds are still intact with me ready to make amendments if you are ready to co operate with me.

I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no more. l am honorable seeking your assistance in the following ways.

(1) To serve as my guardian in your country while I will depend on your expert advise since l am a girl of 23 years.

(2) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country in order to further my university education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover , l am willing to offer you 40% of the total sum as compensation for your assistance in the transfer of this deposit to your country. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed that this project would be concluded within seven days you signify interest to assist me by contacting the banK.

Hoping to hearing from you soon. May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to the needy.Please reply me through my private email address ( victoria@victorialukas.com),this was my dad email id i am in charge of it now.

I ask that if you find no interest in this project you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,delete this message and forget I ever contacted you.If interested forward information below to me.

1.FULL NAMES: 2.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS:
3.SEX: 4.AGE:
5.PHONE NUMBER: 6.FAX NUMBER(IF ANY):
7.OCCUPATION: 8.COMPANY NAME (IF ANY):
9.COMPANY ADDRESS (IF ANY): 10.NATIONALITY:
11.PRESENT COUNTRY: 12.STATE/PROVINCE:
13.Zip Code:

To this via email:victoria@victorialukas.com

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

I await your response.

Miss,Victoria Lukas.

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