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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: "Joy mouka" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mouka.joy01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 05:42:39 -0700
Subject: How do you do Dearest one

How do you do Dearest one,
 
Sorry for any disturbances which you may wish that iam disturbing
you,But my dear actually My name written as NEXT OF KIN to
 
this valuabl $4.7Million [Four Million Seven Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars] with the BANK,This is as means of Banking
 
and securing the FUND.It has therefore,become very necessary and
urgent to contact some one, a foreigner like you to
 
help/assist me out receive/secure these funds overseas and to help
invest it on our behalf as well, while we find a best way of
 
getting out to meet with you in your country.I planned already what
to give you which is 30% of the total sum. after
 
everything mighty have done correctly.Pls for further continuations
and more explanations kindly email back for me to let you
 
know more about this in details.tell me more about yourself too.Thank
you for your kindly understanding with me my dear.but i
 
will also prefare knowing ourselves very well maybe who knows if both
of us will live together??But i want reality and truthfulness
 
from you GOD bless you for now.Just have to know whom u are and which
city exactly do you lives and what willingness do you
 
have into this transaction.Both of us will INVEST &amp;amp; ESTABLISH
with the fund when it is done.etc just tell me a bit of
 
yourself then i wille xplain in details to you and thanks  for now.Iam
a  half cast and Mum an African.But will explain more about
 
myself  when i heard from you.Ok lets start by intoduction and then we
build trust etc.iam waiting to read from you now.Iam in
 
Africa Benin Republic for now.will explanin more to you when reading
from you.But bear in mind that it is 100% risk free ok.
Kindly regards,
From your good friend,
Joy mouka
My Email mouka.joy01@gmail.com
 

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