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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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Fraud email example:

From: Victoria Diko <victoriadiko_04@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: victoria.diko@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 16:55:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello.


>From Miss Victoria Diko.

I'm very sorry to bother you with my E-mail.But I want you to understand that I truely need your assistance to this great offer I'm offering you from the source of my mind.Before anything I want to use this opportunity to introduce myself.

My name is Miss Victoria Diko, I am 23 years old from Liberia,I am the only daughter of my parents. My father died on Brutal war by the Rebels on the Renewed Fighting in our country, you can see it in CNN, BBC news bulletins, and my sick mother at hospital where she was admitted for Cancer treatments, she also gave up when she heard about the news of the death of my father in two days time and hospital where she was (General Hospital in morovia the capital city of my country Liberia),may their gentle soul rest in perfect peace.

presently I am residing inside refugee camp in Dakar Senegal under UNFPA charity orgnization as i do not have anybody nor family to take care of me,please if you can adopt me as your Child or business partner if possible and manage this money for me.

my father is Directors of Star Energy Group plc. OPEC who deal on crude oil gold and diamond with other raw material's. The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek your assistance in the area of our better future living and investment of huge sum I have here in my name the sum of ($9.700.000.00) (nine Million seven hundred thousand United State dollars) my late father deposited for safe keeping under Finance company,which i will tell you upon your response to me for some security reason for you to contact them and verify from them, in my name for safe keeping to me. Now at his death,and because things have become very hard for me taking care of my needs, so, I wrote to the to the Finance company where this money was deposited about the deposit and forwarded the document to the after checking thire file the said that with my refugee status they will not release to me the fund deposit unless i presented to them some one with better status to satnd for me for
the claim that is the reason i am contacting to help me.

I was shocked when the Manager of the Finance company explained to me that I will not be able to withdraw from the money because am a refugee,and the Manager of the Finance company told me to seek for someone that will help me, in the claim as i am a refugee by status,that is reason why I am contacting you to stand for me and claim this money on my behalf.If I can trust you, I will need your assistance in this regard please. I will provide all necessary documentation of my late father to show the Finance company.

As soon as I hear from you I will send you the Finance company contact information, so you can contact the Finance company for the transfer of the money in to your Account. Should you be interested in helping me? please write back to me.

I hope that we shall discuss how you want remunerated when you get back to me.For my part, I shall be more than willing to part with 30% of the total sum to you while 10% will be mapped out for any expenses to receive the money from the Finance company where this deposited was made by my late father that is to let you know that you will help me both financially and with your honest mind to enable me get the necessary documents that would back this deal.
Yours Truly,
Miss Victoria Diko.



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