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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: Elaine Wilkinson <elaine_wilkinson36@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: Elaine_wilkinson4you@hotmail.fr
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:57:31 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Dearest Beloved


Dearest Beloved

How are you doing today? Actaully i need to explain myself to you before we can procced for any further relationship, Presently life has became a tragidy to me after the death of my late Father, Actualy it is very risk confiding in someone you never met before But i believe that the God who made me to come in contact with you will not let me down, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance, Please consider my condition and help me out with sincere and honest, My name is elaine wilkinson, 21 Years old and the only survival of my late perents after the incident that happened in my Country Ivoire Coast West Africa,



Presently i am in a terrible situetion and will apreciate your humble assistance and ideas, Before the death of my late Parents I was aware of $7.5 Million Doallars ( Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) which my late Father deposited in one prime Secirity Company in a Metalic Trunk Box here in my Country Ivoire Coast, Presently the Security Company did not know the content as Money because it was deposited as Family Valuables for security reasons, I have also contacted the Company on how to retreived out that Trunk Box from their custody,

But my present condition and situetion did not modify me financialy, Presently to eat food is a problem for me Coupled with the political uprisis here in this Country, My dear Beloved I want you to help me get this Trunk Box retreived out from the Security Company and also be deliver to you in your Country, As soon as you received it You will now make a Traveling arrangement for me to come over to your Country in other to continue my Education and also to go into Business relationship with you,

Please dear If you find this mail offensive Please Ignor it and accept my appology, I will be looking forward to hear from you so that i can provide to you all the relevant Documents which was sign by my late Father on the day he made that deposite to the Company including the Company's contact information, So that you can contact them immediately on how the Trunk Box shall be retreived and also be deliver to you in your Country, May God bless you for your understanding and sincere to assist me out.

Yours BelovedHonest
elaine wilkinson,



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