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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: Miss Angelina Ugusim <skywoo@imbc.co.kr>
Reply-To: <augustin7772@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:02:07 +0300
Subject: From Hospital

Good Day,
This is Miss Angelina Ugusim Tayoli Trinidad & Tobago. I am writing from a hospital in Ivory Coast, therefore this mail is very urgent, I am dying in the hospital which I do not know what tomorrow will be. I was told by my doctor that i was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some Week, and my step mother is the one that wants to kill me, to take my belongings since after the death of my Father.

I have a little orphan child, named Victor David and the sum of $3.3 million Dollars I inherited from my late father, my step mother and her children are after Victor because he knows about the documents of the money and about the poison, for this reason they do not want Victor to expose them, so they will do anything possible to kill him, so I want you to help him out of this country with the money.

This is the favor I need when you have gotten the money: -

(1) Set out 20% of the money to establish my Victor as he has been there for me throughout my illness and I have promised to support him in life. I want you to take him along with you to your country and establish him as your son.

(2) Give 50% of the money to handicap people and charity organization. The remaining 30% should be for you and others that you would love to assist.

Note; This should be a code between you and my orphan child in this transaction "Hospital" any mail from him, the lawyer he will direct you to, without this code "Hospital" is not from Victor, the Lawyer or myself as I don't know what will happen to me in the next few hours.

Please do get back to me so that I can give you the contact of my orphan child Victor David, he will give you the documents of the money and will direct you to a well known lawyer that I have appointed to him, the lawyer will assist you to change the documents of the money to your name to enable the bank transfer the money to you.

And Let Victor will send you contact as I have stated herein. Victor is so little therefore guide him. And if I do not hear from you, I will look for another person or an organization.

May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish.

Pray for me and Victor always.
Miss Angelina Ugusim Tayoli

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