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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 J. Paul" <vivian.johnp24@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 10:07:48 +0100
Subject: Re:My Dear,I Need Your Sincere Help.

*Good Day my Dear,*



* Dear, I am writing this mail to you with profound respect and humble
submission, I beg to state the following few lines for your kind
consideration. I hope you will spare some of your valuable minutes to read
the following appeal with sympathetic mind; it is my pleasure to contact
you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country with
your help. Although we have not met with before, I must confess that it is
with great hope, joy and enthusiasm to write you this mail and I believe by
the faith that it must surely find you in good condition of health. My name
is Vivian John Paul Oulu 24 years old female from the Republic of Kenya,
the daughter of Late Barrister, John Paul Oulu. My late father was a Kenyan
lawyer and human rights activist who was the Chief Executive Officer and
Communications and Advocacy Officer of the Oscar Foundation Free Legal Aid
Clinic Kenya (OFF-LACK). My Father was brutally shot dead on Thursday 5Th
March 2009 after a government spokesman accused their group of aiding a
criminal gang. What led to the cold blood killing is still unclear but I
know that my father life was the target. You can read more about my father
on the link
below. http://www.fidh.org/en/africa/kenya/Kenya-Assassination-of-Messrs
<http://www.fidh.org/en/africa/kenya/Kenya-Assassination-of-Messrs>*



*Before the death of my father, he told me that he made a fixed deposit of
the sum of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
($8.500.000.00) in one of the Banks here in Burkina Faso, with my name as
his next of kin, which I confirmed his statement positively from the bank.
But on my arrival to the Bank to withdraw the fund, the Bank foreign
Operation Department Director whom I meet in person told me that my father
instruction to their bank is that the fund would only be release to me when
I am married or present a trustee/partner who will help me and invest the
fund overseas after the transfer, and the bank ask me to go and look for a
foreign partner who will be representing me as my legal appointed trustee
and present beneficiary.*



*Therefore my dear, I am soliciting and pleading for your help for
transferring of my inheritance fund into your bank account and your
investment assistance in your Country as my legal appointed trustee as the
bank mentioned and it will be my intention to compensate you with 40% of
the total fund for your services and help then the balance shall be my
capital in your establishment which you are going to establish there in
your country or position as my trustee and manger. I have suffered lots of
set back as a result of my parents death. I left Kenya, because of
incessant family problem. Presently, I am currently residing in Christ De
King Refugee camp here in Ouagadougou Capital city of Burkina Faso. Hence,
I want to settle in your country to further my education and spend the rest
of my life. Please consider my request as my life is being hugely
affected.*



*Thanking you a lot of your quick response. I will give you details in my
next mail after receiving your acceptance mail to help me.*

*Yours Sincerely Vivian John Paul.*

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