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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: Victoria <victoriaassle2@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 10:22:02 -0300
Subject: Letter From Victoria

Letter From Victoria

I hope my letter will not cause you much embarrassment.
 
My Name is Victoria Assle i am 19year old and a single child of my parent,I lost my Mum when I was 7 years old and grown up with my dad who later died in motor accident in 2011 ever since then i have been living in pain living like a house help in my parent house just because my parents are no more,Right now my uncle and his wife have seized all my late fathers cars and properties just because i am a woman, That i don't have right over my father’s properties,And also stop me from going to school in order to help her wife in her little store business where she sale food stuff,
 
My reason for writing you this letter is for you to help me receive my late fathers money in your account as my late fathers business partners and my foreign trustee,This Money $2.4Million and 7 Gold Bars is deposited by my late father in the bank here but the bank director explained t o me the agreement between my late Father and the bank that my father signed agreement with the bank that the money and the Gold can only be released to my foreign trustee,

Please i am not happy with my situations here that is why i chosen to contact you to help me as my foreign trustee please I am afraid of my wicked uncles and his wife,I need to live this country in order to start a new life in your country,i wish not to stay here anymore as no one in this family that knows about this.


Please i hope to read from you,
 
Miss Victoria Assle
 

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