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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: Livia Nordstrom <support@si-sl.com>
Reply-To: <ulatristyn@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2019 16:49:56 -0400
Subject: Seeking Your Friendship!!

Dear Friend.
 
I hope this letter has reached you well. I hope that you are at your best and doing well. I apologize greatly if this letter invades your privacy. My Name is Livia Nordstrom and I'm from Goteborg Sweden.
 
I hope you do not view my contact with you as strange as I'm using a medium as cold as this to seek your attention. My purpose of this letter is to establish a possible long distance friendship with you. If it seats well with you, You can write me back and we can communicate further and learn about each other.
Looking forward to your response.
 
Yours Livia

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