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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: Vickie Ford <m_vickie02@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: m_vickiejp@yahoo.de
Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 00:54:47 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT REPLY PLEASE

FROM VICKIE MAXON
ABIDJAN,IVORY COAST
WEST AFRICA.

Dear One,

I'm sorry if my message come to you as a surprise, I need you to help me recouver my inhenritance for mutual profits, My full name is Vickie Maxon, Please accept my appology for sending you this mail since we have not meet nor see each other before, please I am sorry for any embarracement that
this letter may cause you, the truth is that I need your help, my late father deposited some fund in a local bank here with my name as the only daughter, worth of Six million seven hundred thousand dollars $ 6.7 million, now that have lost my dad and I am the only one that left in the family no
one to help me, I need your help so that I can transfer the money into your account in your country.

I can not handle it alone that is why I need your help please help me claim and transfer this money into your account so that you will help me to invest the money in a very good business since I don't have any one to stand for me and for the transfer and I am still young I hereby seek for your
sincere help in other to invest my money for my future please I want you to read this mail with free heart and try to put consideration into it for you to understand my situation for i need your help into this issue.As I will need your urgent help to transfer this money out of africa because of
my uncle who killed my father is after my lives because of this money

I have every documentation that back up the fund all I need from you is your sincere help that's all please help me, upon your response to my mail I will direct you on the next step to follow.Please dear I willing to offer you 10% of the total sum as compensation for your urgent assistance to
us. Please kindly get back to me quickly as soon as you receive this message in my private e-mail address for security reason and for more details m_vickie02@yahoo.co.jp

Thanks for your kind consideration and God bless you.

Vickie Maxon,




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