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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: Olivia Mabor <olivia.mabor@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2017 09:31:26 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HELLO.

Good day,
I am happy to contact you this way, and i believe this message will meet you in good health and happiness.
My name is Mrs. Olivia Mabor, I was married to late Dr. Samson Mabor, from South Sudan.
I had three children, but my husband and two of our children was killed during the political crisis in my country, the rebels attacked our house, and killed my husband and two other children, and burnt the house and everything in it, in Juba, South Sudan.
I and my little son flee from South Sudan, we are now in Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire, with the help of United Nation Refugee Agency.
Why I am writing you is because, there is fund my late husband left, $7.7 million, this money is deposited with a firm in Abidjan here.
I want you to help me, because a foreign partner is needed to receive the fund abroad, that is how my late husband designed it with the security firm.
I have agreed to offer you 30% of the entire fund (Seven million, seven hundred thousand United States dollars) and you will help me to invest the remaining 70%.
I await your reply email.
Thanks and sincerely.
Mrs. Olivia Mabor.

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