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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: Lylivate Sankoh <lylivate_s4u@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:47:29 -0800 (PST)
Subject: hello


Dearest Sweetheart

How are you my Dear, hope all is well with you.

Firstly I thank you for your response to my email; Inline with my message I sent to you through the dating site, Do not be surprise or get offended for receiving this message from me, It just that I have been obliged to lay a mere trust on you due to my situation here in the refugees camp, Let me first of all reveal my self to you, and I will require the best of your honesty after your knowing about me and whom that I am, I will really like us to have a good relationship in spite of anything because I have this feeling that you are my man and you will not betray me,

MY PROFILE

I decided to contact you because of the urgency of my situation here and after reading your profile which will attract every reasonable woman. I am Miss, Lylivate Foday sankoh, 25 years old girl from Sierra Leone, the only daughter of Late Foday sankoh. vice president of the country-and in charge of the diamond mines, my father was captured and died in government custody in 2003 by government of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah,he accuse my father of war crimes which he did not do.

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I, am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved Father.
Meanwhile I wanted to escape from Africa to any where in the world but she hides away my international passport and other valuable travelling documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my fathers File which contains important documents. So I decided to run to the refugee camp where I am presently seeking asylum under the Private charity organization for the Refugee herein Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I wish to contact you personally for a long term relationship that may lead us to somewhere better if we work well on it.

My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of (US$6, 800, 000.00) (Six Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars) in a Bank with my name as the next of kin. However, I shall forward you with the necessary documents on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer and investment of the fund as you will help me in an investment, and I will like to complete my studies, as I was in my 1st year in the university, when the crisis started. After the transaction you will arrange for my trip joining you over there for us to share these feelings face to face.

We will invest the fund me and you, or if you don't intend staying with me then it will be my pleasure to compensate you with 10% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. This is the reason why I decided to contact you. Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.

As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this relationship and transaction sincerely.
I will be waiting for your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self please I beg you not to disclose it till I come over, once the fund has been transferred.
Attached here is my picture

Please dear if really you will help me please I want you to attach your picture to me so that I will know the person I am trusting my life with and I also want you to send your phone
number to me though I don't have to call you but we might not know for future proposes.

Yours Sincerely,
Lylivate.



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