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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: "Carmen Vicente Abraham" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <carmenvabraham@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2015 10:44:17 -0700
Subject: FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LESS PRIVILEGED,

Compliments of the day!
I am Mrs Carmen Vicente Abraham,
112 Bp Koumassi 354 Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

I am writing this mail to you With due respect, trust and humanity, I appeal to
you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter, I feel quite safe
dealing with you in this important message, I sincerely writing this message to
you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, I will really like to have a
good understanding with you and i have a special reason why i decided to contact
you, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation.

My name is Mrs Carmen Vicente Abraham writing you from hospital bed, Therefore
this message is very urgent. I have a donation to make which I will need your
assistance to carry it out for me, I will be 62 years old this coming month, I'm
a widow and a servant of the lord for the past 38 years in Ivory Coast.

I have sum of $4.4 Million, Four Million Four Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars with my late husband Mr. Vicente Abraham, I want to give it out to
Orphanages homes and Charity Organizations as a vow which I made before the lord.

I have a serious lung and breast cancer and will be going for my third surgical
operation next two weeks, though the doctors had already confirmed that I will
only last for some months but I am happy and glad that the lord has kept me safe
and guided me to accomplished my desires here on earth, I will be happy to meet
him where he wants me to be.

I want you to contact my house helper, I have given him the documents of the
funds and have directed him to a lawyer that will assist you to change the
documents of the fund to your name to enable my Bank to transfer the fund to you.

Joshua Ebiliso Yahya.
Address: Avenue 16, Wade Ave,
Abidjan 16, Cote d'Ivoire.
Email: jebiliso@yahoo.co.jp

He will give you the documents and will direct you to the lawyer I have
appointed to him to assist you, The lawyer will do everything on your behalf to
assure the success of my fund transferring to you.

This is the favor i need from you when you received the money under your control.

(1) Give 10% of the money to Joshua Ebiliso Yahya as he has been here for me
throughout my illness and I have promised to support him, therefore you will
take him as my and your child.

(2) Give 60% of the money to Charity organizations, Orphanage homes and Churches
e.t.c, on my name so that my soul may rest in peace.

(3) The remaining 30% should be for you and others that you may wish to assist.
If you did not contact my house helper Joshua Ebiliso Yahya in few days to come
then i will be looking for someone else.

May God give you a good heart to assist me for the benefit of suffering children
and use you to accomplish my wishes. Email Joshua Ebiliso Yahya my house helper
as i directed " jebiliso@yahoo.co.jp " he will give you more details with the
documents of the fund.

Remain Blessed.
Carmen Vicente Abraham.

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