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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: Lynda Siaka <lyndask1@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: lynda.siaka@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 21:45:05 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?2YXYsdit2KjYpyDZitinINi52LLZitiy2YrYjA==?=


مرحبا يا عزيزي،

تحياتي لكم يا عزيزي، يرجى العفو لي إذا كنت تتدخل في خصوصيتك. أسماء ملكة جمال بلادي هي ليندا سياكا. كان والدي الفتاة واحدة، العمر 23، وأنا الابنة الوحيدة للالراحل السيد والسيدة لوران سياكا من جمهورية كوت ديفوار في غرب أفريقيا، على رجل أعمال ثري وسياسي قبل وفاته.

يرجى كنني لن ترغب في معرفة المزيد عنك لأن لدي معي بعض الأموال التي سوف ترغب في الاستثمار معكم في أعمال جيدة هناك في بلدك. ياريت نكون صادقين لي حتى أستطيع أن أذهب إلى هذا الاستثمار معك إلى جانبي وأنا سوف تحتاج أيضا النصائح الخاصة بك جيدة.

بادئ ذي بدء، سوف أود أن أعرف ما تفعله من اجل لقمة العيش، وتذكر أنت لفتت انتباهي هذا هو السبب في أنني اتصلت لك. ونحن نعرف أنفسنا أكثر ونتواصل على طول.

شكرا لتفهمكم، على أمل أن نسمع منك قريبا.

من كل قلبي،
ليندا


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Hello my dear,

Greetings to you my dear, please pardon me if i interfere into your privacy. my names are Miss Lynda Siaka. single girl, Age 23, i am the only daughter of Late Mr and Mrs. Laurent Siaka from the Republic of cote d'Ivoire in west Africa, my father was a business tycoon and a politician before his death.

Please i will like to know more about you because i have with me some funds which i will like to invest with you in a good business over there in your country. I wish you could be honest to me so that i can go into this investment with you by my side and i will also need your good advices.

First of all, I will like to know what you do for a living; remember you caught my attention that was the reason why i contacted you. We will know ourselves more as we communicate along.

Thanks for your understanding, hoping to hear from you soon.

>From my heart,
Lynda

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