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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.mabor1@yandex.com>
Reply-To: Olivia Mabor <olivia.mabor@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2018 12:48:16 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: HELLO

Good day,
I am glad to contact you in this way, and i believe this message will meet you in good health and cheerfulness.
My name is Mrs. Olivia Mabor, from republic of South Sudan, I am writing from Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.
I had two children, but my husband and the two children were killed during the political crisis in my country, the rebels attacked my house, and killed my husband and the two children, and burnt everything, in Juba, South Sudan.
I escaped, and now I am in Abidjan, with the help of United Nation Refugee Agency.
Why I am contacting you is because, there is Funds my late husband kept here, $7.7 million, with a security company, in Abidjan here.
I want you to help me, because a foreign partner is needed to receive the fund abroad, which was how my late husband designed it with the company.
I have decided to offer you 20% of the entire fund (Seven million, seven hundred thousand United States dollars) as we successfully move the fund out from here.
And I will desire to invest the remaining 70% in your company, or anyplace good enough for lucrative investment.
I will want us to be seclusion on this matter.
I await your approval email,
Thanks and sincerely.
Mrs. Olivia Mabor.

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