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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 Vanda Oscar <vand_a14@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:40:30 +0000
Subject: Hi dear


Dear Sir/Mrs
How are you doing? I wish not to hurt you with my mail please read very well =
and reply it back to me, it's very urgent need .

My name is Vanda Oscar from sierra Leone in west of Africa ,
I am seeking for your assistance for security reasons.because unknown =
peoples threaten my life since they kill my father by calling me on phone =
and asking about my father money kept outside our country .

My father make his money as contractor building houses and roads in his =
connections to the president of our country as his co-class mates in school =
and also deals with Diamond business and well known for selling of Diamond =
outside Africa.

My father was killed on a serous arm attack short gun men in his way back to =
home from his visit to his friend house at night, early in the morning we =
just see him short death inside his car parked by the road side.
I will like to be in relationship with you and to know each other very well =
so that can trust to your ideas to my now serous money matter my father =
deposit in a well known Bank in Senegal country west Africa for safety.I =
will detail you more about my father when we meet face to face.

My request to you is this ,

Can you stand as my father relationship to contact the security finance =
company and ask them to know if my father deposited such money with them and =
request for them to transferred it to your country as soon as possible ?

Can you assure me of good security and forever relationship with you in your =
country ?

Can you help to make sure I have all papers required for citizenship in your =
country ?

Can you protect any good investment with this money without betraying me in =
future ?

Can you assure me of honest and Life security in your country when this money =
been transferred and on my arrival to your country ?

Can you have secret of this , so that people will not know that such money is =
in our control for security of my Life and yours ?

If you are sure to keep all those rules for me, I am ready to give you all =
the contact information's about this money deposited and it will be =
transferred as soon as possible to your country and I will arrive immediately =
to meet you for investment .

Can I know how much amount I will give you out of this money , that will be =
good for you in all your honest and kind to me ?
I will Like to know how much amount I will give you before giving you any =
contacts of the deposit company or before sending to you all the original =
documents they issue my father for the deposit .
Dear , I want to know if you can come to AFRICA so that we know each other =
very well,Then we move to the BANK and you will open an account in your =
name and we transfer all the money to your country and I move with you to =
your country .
this money was in us dollars it is $19 million 700.000 united state dollars =
,all the original deposit documents that covers this money are with me =
now ,

Dear you know its very hard now to give trust to someone these days , So =
understand why i still want you to plan to come by your self and we know =
each other and you see all the original of the deposit documents with me so =
that i will have confident to entrust the money to your account and for =
you to trust me too,
I will stop here and be waiting to hear from you .

Thanks from Vanda Oscar

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