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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: Lilian Damian <l_damian1061@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: l_damian1081@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 16:59:07 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Seeking for help


Dearest Friend,

My name is lilian damian, the only child of (late Chief Thomas damian) who died in the last political crisis,My late father is a famous Cocoa merchant base in Abidjan the economic capital of Ivory Coast(Cote d'ivore).I am seeking for your urgent attention to help me transfer the sum of

( US$4.500,000.00) in to your Bank account.Please I want you to know that I have all the necessary Document in relation to this fund because I am the next of kin to the fund and I have every right towards the fund but cannot withdraw from it because it is under fixed deposit,accept if transfered to a any foreign account that I as the next of kin will nominate..I will offer you 15% of the total fund as mode of compensation for your assistance and time
Kindly mail me immediately you receive my mail for more important details.

May God bless you.

lilian damian






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