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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: From Vivian Yak <vivianyak20@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: yak_vivian@yahoo.cn
Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 06:39:18 +0800 (CST)
Subject: From Vivian Yak




Hello my dearest One,



Good day to You and God bless You.



I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we have never met before, but not need to worry as I am using the only secured and confidential medium available to seek for your foreign assistance, firstly i want to introduce myself to you, My name is Vivian Yak, Am 21 years old of age the only Child and daughter to late Colonel JUSTIN YAK my father was one of the Government Army loyal to the Incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo elect in the 28 November 2010 election in Ivory Coast. President Laurent Gbagbo lost the Election and refused to hand over power to his Rival Alassane Ouattara, My father recognized was the commander in control of export of gold for the Deukoue city of Ivory Coast, Recently the Forces Royal to Mr. Alassane Ouattara invaded the city of Deukoue and killed several people and injured 72 including my parent.



My mother and other family members died immediately but my father was seriousely injured and was rushed to a private Hospital,My Father did not survive it but he died on the next day in pains, Before the death of my father at the hospital in Deukoue on 29 march 2011 He called me on his bed side and told me that he has a sum of ( $5.5million,Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars). Deposited in one of the bank here in abidjan the Economic Capital of Cote D'Ivoire, He further told me that he used my name as the next of kin in making the deposit of the funds.And ask me to urgently look for an oversea partner who will assist me to claim the funds on my behalf because of my age,Ater telling me all this he died,



Please for the security of my life here I will appriciate confidentiality in this transaction,As You can see that my life is not save here, I might be killed if the Rebels who has now taking controle of the country working as the new government army that assasinated about 33 people and injured 72 including my parents in Deukoue, Please keep this as a secrit till when I will go out from this country and come over to Your country.



Read this news bellow so that You can understand about my country.



http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/country_profiles/1043014.stm#overview.



Armed men in uniforms were going house to house in Abidjan looking for Laurent Gbagbo's supporters.Dearest please I realy need Your urgent assistance now to claim the money out from the Bank and transfer it to Your account where the money will be save and invested.I ask you to consider my situation now and help me very fast, Be sincere and honest with me to receive this money into Your account. Please bring out Your mind willingly and help me out from this situation, My life is in a serious danger here now, My dear if realy You are interested to assist me,Reply me back very urgently with Your personal informations.



Send me your full details such as your full NAME AND ADDRESS,Your ID CARD and TELEPHONE NUMBER, So that I will introduce You to the bank where this money was deposited by my late father.



I am waiting to hear from You as soon as You read this mail, Please Reply me urgently.



Thank you and God bless.

Yours lovely one

Vivian Yak.

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