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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: Ezlibath arm <arm.ezlibath@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: Ezlibath arm <elizbeth.arm@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2015 18:02:42 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Hello Dear Happy New Year


Hello Dear,

May the peace of our lord be  with you. my name is Elizbeth  Arm 17yrs old female, my parents are late and I  have no other relative, at  the moment am residing in Cote d'Ivoire, please am pleading with you to assist  me get what is rightfully mine Before the death of my late  father on his sick bed in a private hospital he called me  to inform me about a sum  funds he deposited in a  suspense account here in  Abidjan Please let me know if you are  willing to assist me get what  is rightfully mine

Best regards
Elizbeth Arm

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