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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: irene liliy <princessireneliliy_18@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <pastorrobertson@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:43:06 +0000
Subject: Hello My dear Friend



Hello My dear Friend good day,

How have you been? I hope my email meets you in good health.I am very much delighted and privileged to contact you once again, after all these time, it takes destiny and courage to remember old friends and atthe same time, show gratitude to them despite circumstances that made and disrupted our transaction, which ultimately did not work out as we had projectedthen.

The good news is that I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred with the cooperation of a new partner from Cayman Island. I use this opportunity to inform you that the transaction finally worked out and I am contacting you to let you know of the success. I advise you not to accept any fax or telephone calls that do not come from him. He is the only person I left with instructions to deliver your compensation cheque to you.

I will be very busy here in Ecuador at this time due to the projects I have at hand with the new partners.I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottomof my heart. I have raised and signed an International Cheque Draft of $1,100,000.00 [One Million One Hundred Thousand US Dollars only] in your name for your efforts and contribution as it were. I really appreciated your tremendous effort and contribution to start off and make things work to the stage you were unable to continue.

Contact him immediately you receive this message via his email: pastortatyrobertson@yahoo.co.uk
for further information on how to receive your cheque.
I have instructed Pastor Taty Robertson on your behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you contact him without any delay.

NB:NOTE :BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATION'S YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY.(1) YOUR FULL NAMES(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY . Please do note that your early response to this development will be appreciated.

Best regards,
Princess Ireneliliy.
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