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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: lilian diby <liliandiby0@yeah.net>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 22:37:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re


Hello i am sorry for disturbing you with my message. I know this message may surprise you but please i want you to give me a room in your heart and hear me out i pray i will find favour before you, I am writing this letter with pains and heart full of tears because of the circumstances surrounding the death of my adopted parent and my present situation. Since we have not known or met ourselves, my name is Lilian Diby 19 year old girl I am adopted child of the my late Cheif Mr and Mrs. E J.Diby.

I never know I was adopted until the sudden death of my beloved adopted parent because I was adopted when I was six or seven months old baby in a
motherless home and i am the only child of my adopted parent. Please I need your urgent assistant on relocating to your country for the safety of my life and further my
education in one of the high school in your country and be living peacefully, because my adopted parents families came together threatened my life to hand over all my inheritance of Nine hundred seventy eight thousand dollars ($978,000 in a fixed deposit account, every since i have ran away from the family house. If ready to assist me from this scenario, please kindly reply me so that I can tell you more details of my intention and give explanation.

Your advies and suggestion will be good for me


thanks in advance
Lilian Diby

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