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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 Amaka <vivianamaka_1968@yahoo.com.vn>
Reply-To: vivianamaka_1968@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 01:41:06 +0700 (ICT)
Subject: Hello..This is Vivian


Hello,
My name is Vivian, and i am sorry for taking your time to go through my predicament, what i want to discuss with you is an assistance For the better life for me and my children. and i have been careful with who i will discuss this with but i later decided to disclose it to you after i went through your profile. There is a WILL my husband made before he died which is now ready for execution. personal attorney to my late husband JAMES OKON informed me of this WILL my husband made.The attorney confirmed that myself and my 2 children was allocated 1 estate and a cash of Usd$3.5million
it happened that in the WILL it was discovered that my husband has 1 child from another woman thereby complicating the execution of the WILL.Thechild from the other woman was not given any estate but had a cash WILL Usd$ 12million.
This i look as a cheat and is presently giving me concern,i tried to
stop the execution of the WILL but the attorney insisted that the WILL must be executed as made. but the attorney has advised me to receive my share of the WILL before i can start any dispute that he will assist me but for his job ethics he want me to transfer my own shareof the WILL outside nigeria here before the account holding the funds can be freeze up.
This is where i need your assistance and the reason i contacted you is to assist me inorder to secure a foreign bank account for the remittance of my share. i am ready to give you 10% of the total sum for your assistance and services, if you willingly and ready to be honest with me because i will come over to your country immediately the tranfer is done. please get back to me and forward me your private number so that i can call you and possibly the attorney can explain more to you in details.
Please and treat this mail as confidential between me and you. and hope to read from you soon.
Best Regards
Vivian



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