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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: Letter From Felix <falusi1@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 04:14:11 +0000
Subject: Good Evening


Dear
Good evening , Please i need a serous help and advise from you ,
My name is Felix From Africa ,Also I prefer to meet you face to face to =
explain more to you ,
My father is among the leaders in Sierra Leone west Africa Country during =
there regime in government ,
He use his opportunity to move out some money Worth's million of united state =
dollars outside his country to another country for security safety and for =
his future investments .
Please the only thing you will do for me is to keep this secret for Security =
of my very self and this fund . In a serous note My father do every documents =
of this money as family valuable and Deposited it to Good Finance company =
outside his country and all the documents bears my name as next of kin which =
is with me here now.
My father was invited for a meeting in my country ,on his way coming back =
home they shot him and his driver with gun by hired gun men .this how i lost =
my father up till today because of war crises in our country . Since then and =
after his burial i can,t trust any one in Africa ,
My mother is still alive but was divorced, and she don,t care about me when =
my father is alive, Although she remarried to another man and my father warn =
me seriously about her and told me how she wanted to kill me by abortion , =
when she was 3 months pregnant of me , till today she don,t know my father =
has funds deposited in security company outside our country and my father =
warn me seriously to avoid to let any one in Africa to know about this fund . =

I will fax to you all the Original documents to see by your self.
Now Can you visit me here in Africa ? because the money involve is too much. =

I will Like us to know each other very well before any thing ,
I will Like you to explain little to me about you and what you do in your =
country .
You will expect my arrival as soon as all the money is safe secured in your =
country .
I assure you every trust and good relationship with you towards any =
investment in your country this money .
With good faith i will give you $2million United State dollars out of this =
money for helping me to stand as good relation to receive this money for me. =
When we meet i will tell you many things about my father and you will never =
regret to know me .
Please always write me with this my private email address ( =
falusi1@yahoo.co.uk )
I will stop here and waiting to hear from you .
From Felix

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