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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: "Mis Vivian" <vivian_mutan1@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: vivian_mutan2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2006 13:07:47 +0000
Subject: Hello my Dear


Hello / Dear MY stuart
i am sorry to disturb you.i know you will feel
embarassed seeing this letter.please don't be,i am
under pressure. let me introduce myself to you.I AM
Mis vivian mutan ,I am 21yrs old.
On 19th of September 2002,a group of so called rebels
took over the city of Bouake to over-throw the
Government of Mr.Laurent Gbagbo the President of Cote
d'Ivoire. On the 20th day morning at about 4:18am some
fractions of the same group of rebels break into our
house and killed our security guard and pass-through
the gate entrance to the main building and took my
father away to an un-known destination.
After about four hours later we found him (my father)
at the road side, by then he had been totally beaten
and was bleeding to death lying in the pool of his own
blood. From there, we rushed him to a near by hospital
and hours later he sent for my mother. So he told her
that he can not make it from the doctors diagnosis, he
also told her that it was because he (my father) was
not from the northern part of the country that he has
been treated this way and also being a successful
business man. And again he said he is suspecting some
of his business partners for conspiracy and this sort
of brutality. He also told my mother that he deposited
some amount of money in a Finance house in europe
and also told her where he kept the whole documents
concerning this deposit that is made for investment
purpose in the western world.
That same day, he (my father) gave up the ghost. Then
with the help of the French soldiers, we escaped to
Senegal, where we are now. I am now contacting you
believing you are honest and trustworthy to help us to
receive the money in your account for investment, I
and my mother has decided in compensating you 20%of
the total amount for your assistance .i am ready to
committe my whole life to you.
Please do take your time to go through the mail and
get back to us, so that I will simply introduce to the
Finance house where the fund are being kept now for
onward transfer ,Reply me by sending your phone
number,fax ,bank account number so that i will forward
this to the finance firm for them to start processing
the transfer immediately..I am waiting for your
response.my emil address vivian_mutan@yahoo.com
Thanks and God bless.
vivian





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