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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: debo vilam <debovilam22@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 01:58:25 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From Debo Vilam


Miss Debo Vilam
Hello,

My name is Miss Debo Vilam. I am a girl of 19 years old and I am a citizen of the United States of America by birth, an orphan to the late former minister of finance in Liberia Dr. Thomas Vilam who died as a result of rebel attack during one of their peace keeping forum in late 2003, my mother died when I was 6 years old.

I inherited a total sum of $4.6 million US dollars from my late parents. This money which is concealed in a metallic trunk box is deposited with a security and finance company in Ivory Coast under a secret arrangement as a family treasure. This means that the security company does not know the real content of this box that was sent from the United State of America to Ivory Coast under a diplomatic coverage. My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give this priority of shipping this box of money to any address that you think is very secure and safe in place with your percentage of which we shall chat on soon. I will come over to your country to continue my education as soon as the funds is claimed by you.

There is need for urgent action because I am paying US $45 dollars per day as a demurrage charges to the security company for keeping this consignment. I give thanks immensely for the co-operation as I look forward to hearing from you soonest. Please you can contact me at dvilam1@lycos.co.uk

Best Regard,

Miss Debo Vilam





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