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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: vivine pascal <vyvy_pascal231@yahoo.ca>
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:44:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: i wait your reply




My Name is Vivien Pascal,I am the only dauther of late Mr. and Mrs Fred
Pascal my father was a rich businessman who deals on diamond. My Parents and younger siblings was assisinated in the 2002 during a political unrest that engulfed my Country Zambia recently. They where shot to dead by unknown Person(s) who where accusing him of funding and sponsoring a factional Political group with his money.
Before the death of my father, in October 28, 2002, in a private hospital,
he secretly called me on is bedside and told me that it has the sum of five
million, five hundred and thousand United States(USS5,500,000)dollars he deposited it in a Finance and Security company here Dakar Senegal. with my name as next of kin to the fund.please do this to helpmeout from refuge camp here .thanks remain bless.

vivian pascal


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