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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: "Livinus Iwuson" <livinus_iwuson@msn.com>
Reply-To: livinus_iwuson@terramail.com.sv
Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2005 19:17:52 +0000
Subject: Attn: Fund Beneficiary

The information contained in this E-mail and/or attachments may contain
protected health, legally privileged, or otherwise confidential information
intended only for the use ofthe individual(s)concerned. If you, the reader
of this message, are not the intended recipient, you are hereby advised to
contact me for more detailed explanation

Attn: Fund Beneficiary,

I am Livinus Iwuson, The Executive Director Diplomatic Delivery Department
of the African Development bank , This is to inform you that my office has
taking over all International Money transaction originated from all parts of
African country due to the miss appropriation of fund by some corrupt
officials of the apex and commercial banks and exccesive demand of upfront
payment by some officials of commercial and apex banks,How ever your Name is
among two other Names short listed for fund delivery in your country through
a diplomatic means,The money would be concealed in metalboxes and could be
labeled as your personal belonging so as to obtain full diplomatic immunity
coverage to ensure a hitch-free delivery,You are therefore advised to
contact my office as soon as you receive this mail for more detailed
information.

The mode of operation:

1, You are to inform me the name of your nearest International airport to
enable us enroot the diplomatic tickect correctly and also mail us first and
second page of your international passport or any other Identification as we
shall also forward copy of the diplomatic passport to you for Identification
on his arrival in your air port.

2, Your presence would be needed in your airport to receive the diplomat on
his arrival so that both of you would move straight to your bank in lodging
the money on your behalf therefore you will sign vital document confirming
the intact receipt of your fund.Finally, Upon confirmation of your readiness
in receiving your money we shall start processing necessary documentation as
regard the safe delivery of your fund to you in your country and the keys of
the boxes including the fund delivery document which would be secured in
your favor would be sent to you through FedEx overninght.Most importantly
the Certificate of claims which indicates that you are the beneficiary of
this fund as contract payment,lottery winner or Inherited money(next of kin)
which is already with us would be sent to you.

Up on the confirmation of this mail I will give you more information.

Livinus Iwuson
Executive Director, Diplomatic Delivery Department,
African Development bank,
London lesion office
25 Dowgate Hill
London
EC4R 2SB
Tel:+44-7821157007


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