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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: Mrs.Vivian Fatima(Esq.) <Mrs.vivianfatima@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 09:51:57 -0500
Subject:

Congratulation,

Please accept my apology for not contacting you earlier before now due to my
tight schedules. I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that
money under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay Presently I'm in
Paraguay with the partner for some projects with the money.

Meanwhile i didn't forget you're past efforts and attempts to assist me in the
transaction that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Ghana, his
name is Rev.KONE GUCI and his email address is (kguci@yahoo.cn) phone
number +233275434798 ask him to send you the total $2.500,,000.00 Draft which I
kept for your compensation for all your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much .so feel free
and get in touch with my secretary Rev.KONE GUCI and instruct her where to send
the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
after all the sufferings at that time. I'm very busy here because of the
investment projects, which the new partner and me are having at hand, finally,
Remember that I had forwarded instruction to My secretary on your behalf to
receive those money feel free to get in touch with Rev.KONE GUCI he will send
the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks and Remain Blessed.
Secretary,
Mrs.Vivian Fatima(Esq.)


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