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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: Vitoria Toyo <borispauline@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: eve0001617@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 13:14:37 GMT
Subject: Re: Urgent.

Dear Beloved,

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs Vitoria Toyo an orphan, My dear, it is the situation of things surrounding me has made me to cry out to ask you for an investment assistance in your country there because I never knew things would turn this way after a painful death of my beloved husband during the South Sudan's civil war.

I have been working in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Limited (GNPOC) for years before South Sudan's civil war asylum and I became sick and very unwell up to the dates. I married for 32 years with a child of 12 years old son. I decided not to re-marry or get another child outside my matrimonial home which the word of God is against. When I was in the Greater Nile Petroleum Operating Company Limited (GNPOC), I deposited the sum of (US$18.1 Million) in a bank, presently; this money is still with the Bank. I made this money available for exportation of Gold.

Recently my doctor told me that I would not last for the periods of next few weeks due to the cancer has gotten to a very worst / dangerous stage and My late husband's relatives who should have assisted me in this situation are greedy and worldly; since my ill- health they have stolen and converted most of my late husband's properties to their private use and i do not want my son to get involved with them.

Having known my condition I decided to hand you over this money to invest it the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to take 40% Percent of the total money for your personal investment while the remaining 60% will be invest by you for the benefit and education of my son Toyo Jr, who will be staying under your kind custody until he is matured enough to take care of himself.

I shall be going in for a surgery operations soonest and desire this money to be transferred to you as I do not wish to leave this money in the bank because bankers might misuse it and it will not be in the best interest of my son who is just 12 and too young to handle this kind of money.

As soon as I receive your very urgent response I shall give you the contact of the bank and also instruct the bank attorney to issue you a Change of Ownership document" that will prove you the present beneficiary of the fund in the bank immediately, which is if you assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein because all the arrangements has been done with the Bank to releasing the fund to you on my behalf immediately through their bank ATM Visa Card or DC FAX agent transfer which is the latest instruction from the World Bank.

I need your very urgent response as I don't know what tomorrow will result,

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Vitoria

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