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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 Akre <lilianakre00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Lilian Akre <lilian_akre@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Aug 2016 18:55:48 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: hi

Compliments of the day to you, I have a serious concern with which I believe you might be of help and for this reason I decided to e-mail you believing in my faith that you will handle this issue with sincere mind.

I am Mrs Lilian Akre, I'm married to an Ivorien Mr Wilson Akre, I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity foundation in your country with some amount which I inherited from my late husband (Mr Wilson Akre) and take care of my only child too who is 17 years.

I wish to assign you as my representative to continue the charity project in your country to help improve the standard of living in your community, my representative to continue the charity project.

It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any charity organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless baby’s home, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less fortunate.

I asked members of my husband family to donate to charity organization, they refused and kept the money for themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, they are not contented with what left for them and all their wealth.

I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless baby’s home and presently, I'm hospitalized where I am undergoing treatment for up-coming cancer surgery operation.

Please reply as soon as possible to confirming your acceptance to this proposition so that I will give you all the relevant information that will authorize the release and transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.


Thank you in advance for your understanding and I look forward hearing from you urgently.

Warm regards,

Mrs.Lilian Akre

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