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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: vivian johnson <vivian_johnson21@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: vivian9johnson@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 13:10:16 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: DEAR LOVELY ONE,



DEAR LOVELY ONE,
 
PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MY SELF TO YOU, MY NAME IS VIVIAN JOHNSON,I AM 20 YEARS OLD, THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE CHIEF JOHNSON  NichLAS , WHO WAS A FAMOUS COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN HERE,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST (COTE D'IVOIRE).
 
 I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF (US$10,500,000.00 )SEVEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO YOUR   BANK ACCOUNT.
 
PLEASE, I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 15% OF THIS MY TOTAL FUND AS YOUR COMMISSION FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE TO ME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS FUND DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN THE BANK.
 
I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN (7) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY YOUR INTREST TO ASSIST ME.
PLEASE DO WRITE ME AT MY DIRECT AND PRIVATE E MAIL FOR MORE INFORMATIONS (vivian9johnson@yahoo.fr ).
 
ANTICIPATING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.
 
THANK YOU ,

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
 
VIVIAN.



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