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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 Saleh" <saleh_vivian@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: melvin_kanote@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2014 05:43:24 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Your over due inheritance fund




My Dearest Friend

Thank you for your past effort, I understand the totality of points on a
line with my bank despite that we failed to comply
with International fund transfer instructions. I later succeed and the
fund has been transferred into an account visa card
provided by a new friend from Australia. I actually appreciate your past
assistance and commitment. I dropped an international
Automated Teller Machine card {ATM VISA CARD}to my secretary while I
instructed him to get it send to you as soon as you
contact him. The ATM VISA your card worth $1,850, 000usd (one million
eight hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars)

and you can withdraw funds in any bank ATM visa machine around the world.
My pleasure is a polite reaction to thank you for his, though I may not
have the time to reach you again because I’m hospitalized for
cancer and lungs infection in one AUstralian Hospital which may lead to a
sudden death, according to medical reports. Please kindly donate 30% of
this fund to the charity organization, More especially {orphans at the
motherless babies homes}


Contact my secretary immediately so that he should send your programmed
Atm Visa card to you, his name is Mr, Mr Melvin Malik Kanote, His email
address is, melvin_kanote@outlook.com


Please contact him with the following information below to avoid wrong
delivery and keep me update because i have contacted you on this vital
issue before without any update from you.

Your Full Name;

Your Country of Origin;

Contact address;

Phone Number;

May God bless you,


Best regards,
Mrs. Vivian Saleh.

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