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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. Viv Saleh." <mrs_viv_salem08@terra.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: offical_notice@inbox.lv
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 2015 14:22:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I appreciate your past effort





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
and programmed into certified international Automated Teller Machine card
{ATM VISA CARD} which i dropped to my secretary while I instructed him to
get it send to you as soon as you contact him I actually appreciate your
past assistance and commitment. The programmed ATM VISA card worth $1,850,
000usd (one million eight hundred and fifty thousand united state dollars)
and you can withdraw your funds in any ATM visa card machine around the
world.

My pleasure is a polite reaction to thank you for this, 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} Please this is a confidential
Mather and never regard it as any of those conspired internet stories.

Contact my secretary immediately so that he should send your programmed
Atm Visa card to you Please remember to donate 30% of this total funds to
charity organization as this has been my promise to God before i took ill,
his

name is Mr.Frank Benard, of SUI JURIST chembers and associates, his email
address is, offical_notice@inbox.lv

Please contact him with the following information below to avoid wrong
delivery.

Your Full Name.

Contact address.

Phone Number.

May God bless you,

Best regards,
Mrs. Viv Salem.

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