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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: Veronicadiata Diata <veronicadiata77824@yahoo.com.au>
Reply-To: veronicadiata44208@yahoo.com.au
Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:54:15 +1100 (EST)
Subject: DEAREST BELOVED,


DEAREST BELOVED,

IT IS MY PLEASURE WRITING YOU AFETR GOING THROUGH YOUR PROFILE, I BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST WHICH I AM GOING TO LAY ON YOU, MY NAME IS VERONICA DIATA, 21 YEARS OLD OF AGE AND THE ONLY SURVIVAL OF MY LATE PARENT MR AND MRS WILLIAMS DIATA, MY FATHER WAS A VERY HIGHLY REPUTED AND A COCO MACHANDISE WHO OPERATED IN THE CAPITAL OF IVOIRE COAST DURING HIS DAYS, IT IS SAD TO SAY THAT HE PASSED AWAY MISTIRIOURSLY IN FRANCE DURING ONE OF HIS BUSINESS TRIP ABROAD, BUT HIS SURDEN DEATH WAS LINKED OR RATHER SUSPECTED BY ONE OF HIS BROTHERS WHO ACCOMPANIED HIM ON THAT TRIP ! BUT ALMIGHTY GOD KNOWS THE TRUTH!

MY MOTHER DIED WHEN I WAS JUST EIGHT YEARS, MY FATHER TOOK ME SOO SPECIAL AFTER THE DEATH OF MY MOTHER, RIGHT NOW LIFE HAS BECAME TERIBLE FOR ME AFTER THE DEATH OF MY BELOVED FATHER, I AM IN A SINCERE DESIRE OF YOUR HUMBLE ASSISTANCE, I WANT YOU TO HELP ME RETREIVED OUT $ 7.5 MILLIONS DOLLARS, (SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATE DOLLARS) WHICH MY FATHER DEPOSITED IN ONE PRIME SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE BEFORE HIS DEARTH, I KNOW IT IS VERY RISK TO CONFIDE IN SOMEONE YOU NEVER KNOW BEFORE, BUT I HAVE PUTED EVERYTHING IN THE HAND OF ALMIGHTY GOD BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE THAT MADE ME TO COME IN CONTACT WITH YOU, AND I REALY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY MY TRUST IN YOU,

I WANT YOU TO GET BACK TO ME AS SOON AS YOU READ THIS MESSAGE SO THAT I WILL GAVE YOU THE DETAILS, MAY ALMIGHTY GOD BE WITH YOU AND ALSO YOUR FAMILY, TILL I HEAR FROM YOU,

YOURS BELOVED
VERONICA DIATA



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