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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: Ms Gloria Tamilo <rita.longman2@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: gloriatamilo@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:44:30 +0100 (CET)
Subject: From : Ms Gloria Tamilo.


>From : Ms Gloria Tamilo.
Tel : +22502162794


Dear,

I got your contact when i was searching for a good honest and reliable person. i prayed over it and decided to reveal to you my problem. I am Miss Gloria Tamilo (22 years old) the only Child of late Dr and Mrs. Alfred Tamilo. my father was a very wealthy Gold/Diamond dealer in Freetown, the economic capital of Sierra Leone. my father was poisoned to death by his close business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. my mother died 17 years ago.He was also playing the role of a mother to me too.

Before the death of my father , in a private hospital in Freetown, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me of a deposit of $5,000,000,00 united state dollars (FIVE MILLION DOLLARS)he concealed in a metallic box and deposited with a finance security company in Abidjan,the economic capital of cote d'Ivoire.He warned me that because of envy that he was poisoned by his close associates. He also advised me to seek for an honest forigner in a country of my choice those associates will not hurt me as they have succeeded in poisoning him. For your information ,it has been difficult to know who is an honest person to assist me in this transaction,and i decided to make a try on you.

I arrived Abidjan,Republic of Cote D'Ivoire,a nearby country since my uncle wants to kill me because of the certificate of deposits as he have suceeded in collecting all my father's property left behind. He and his wife always punish me away and have made life very difficult for me .His wife served me a poisoned rice meal, but for the devine mercy, her daughter secretly whispered to me not to eat the meal because there is poison in the rice. i wasted the meal to the bin only to find two dead rat on the bin the following morning and that made me to run away immediately to abidjan,the economy capital city of ivory coast. And i don't want to stay long here in abidjan since i don't know anybody here and no much money to pay for my hotel bill.

Dear, i honourably seek your assistance to hurry up and come down here in abidjan so that i will take you to the finance security company where my late father deposited the money so that i will introduce you and you will help me clear the money and we will go together to a nearby bank and open a new account in your name and transfer the money immediately from the bank to your bank account in your country and together i will enter plane with you and go back to your country with you so that i can continue my education over there and you will help me invest this money in your country. i have agreed to compensate you with 20% of the total money.

Thank you as i expecte your reply immediately you receive this email.

Yours Faithfully,
Ms Gloria Tamilo.




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