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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: Lydie Ivan <lydieivan@t-online.de>
Reply-To: Lydie Ivan <lydieivan@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2015 18:07:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hi Dearest Friend,


Hi Dearest Friend,

I Need Your Help Please.

I am Lydie Ivan. I am 19 years old, I lost my father two years ago during his kidney transplant/surgery. Before His death, my late father was having the sum of ($5.5 million US Dollars) and 100 KG of AU GOLD dust deposited in a Security Company because my father was a gold dealer.

I am pleading with you to be my guardian and help me proclaim the said funds into your account from the security company and invest it wisely for me and i will give you 40% while I will continue my education in your country because my late father always tells me that education is the key to success in life and it expands the human mind with knowledge so I want to learn as much as I can.

My dreams/aim is to be a doctor when I grow up, please kindly help me acquire my aim in life; please do everything humanly possible to help me continue my education.

Help me get the funds out from the security company and invest it for me, Please kindly accept me like your biological daughter and i will really appreciate your help, respect you and follow your advice.
I will be waiting to hear from you.

Yours sincerely,

Lydie Ivan

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