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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: "lovelyn189@yahoo.co.jp" <lovelyn189@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: lovepeters36@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 05:49:07 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From: MISS LOVELYN PETERS

Dearest One,

It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my brother Jones, intend to establish in your country.
Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of ($35,500,000.00) which my
late Father deposited in a Bank here in cote d'ivoire before he died in a ghastly motor accident. He was a well known Contractor, supplying Chemicals to Companies and Hospitals.


Now I and my brother have decided to invest this money in your country for security and political reasons.

Our area of interest will be on Real Estate, Hotel, or Petroleum business. Since l do not know your country, and you are the one who knows it very well, l will be glad to welcome your expert advise on the above subject.

Finally, we want you to help us transfer it into your personal account for a good and reliable bussiness investment in your country and arrange for travelling documents for us to meet you there.

If you can be of assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 18% Of the total fund or more as we may later agree upon.

I await your soonest response:lovepeters36@yahoo.com
Yours Sincerely,


Miss Lovelyn Peters






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