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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. Chan Mo Livermore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrschanmo.livermore@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:03:10 -0700
Subject: CRY FOR HELP

My Dear Friend,
 
Let me first of all inform you, I got your email address from a mail Directory and decided to mail you for a permission to go ahead. I am Mrs. Chan Mo Livermore from Kingdom of Cambodia (Asia), married to Mr. Edward J. Livermore a native of Cheyenne Wyoming United States of  America who worked with Mobil Oil Producing Company Nigeria as an expatriate and was kidnapped among other four staffs on 12th March, 2014 by the Niger Delta Militant Group on there way back from Flied Work and they were released after ten days. Furthermore, when the American Embassy in Nigeria intervened in collaboration of foreign securities and my husband later died in the hospital after two days out of sudden shock. My Husband and I were married for 9Years but without any child. Since his death, I decided not to re-marry and presently I am 53 Years old. Also, when my late husband was alive, he had the sum of $16.5Million (Sixteen Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank.
 
Presently this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather Issue a letter of authority to somebody to receive it on my behalf. Although, I am presently in the hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of Cancer of the lungs. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live so I think the best thing to do with the $16.5Million in my late husband Account with the Bank is to use the money for charity purposes. I am only contacting you because I think you are trustworthy to be the beneficiary of my late Husband's Fund. All I need from you is for you to use 70% of this money to assist orphanage homes, the poor, Church, widows and the less privilege anywhere around the world.
 
Finally, as soon as I receive your response, I will give you the contact details of the Bank for you to contact them for the transfer of the $16.5Million into your Bank Account. I will also issue you a letter of authorization that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I did stated above and keep this contact confidential. This is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.
 
I await your urgent response.
 
Regards,
 
Mrs. Chan Mo Livermore

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