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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: <blessingjomo600@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: blessing_jomo30@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 00:23:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My dear good friend,



My dear good friend,
My name is Blessing Jomo I am single girl and my senior brother ,we lost our parents in respect of the civil war that broked out in sept 2002 in our country.
we are lucky that we was taken to a place by some good sameritans who have families here,in abidjan.

we are staying in a missionary refugee camp for people displaced by the crisis in my country.
I would like to appeal to you confidentialy to assist us concerning our late father's deposit here in Abidjan of $10,000,000 ( Ten million USD).
we want to move out of here because the crisis that started here over 4 year now is still on and there is no sign that it will be well with the country for now.
Also the condition in this camp is not condusive for us, life is very hard here.
Can we trust you to provide your account and a place for us to stay?
Can we also trust you to safe keeping this fund when it is transfered to your account?.

If you are willing to help us please indicate in your next mail and let us know , give us your telephone number and you can reach us with tel number 225 06 30 78 63 for the modelities of the transaction.
God bless you,
Miss Blessing Jomo
blessingjomo600@yahoo.co.jp




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