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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: "Mrs Sandrine Dodo" <sandrinedodo1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2014 14:16:32 -0000
Subject: Seasons Greetings




Seasons Greetings,

With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under
humanitarian ground, however, this is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will.I am Mrs.Sandrine Dodo,59
years old with my only son, Master Paul Jnr Dodo, 13years old.


Please I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a
charity foundation in your country with this sum of US$5.5Million (Five
Million five hundred thousand United States dollars) which I inherited
from my late husband (Dr.Paul Dodo) It is my desire to see that this money
is invested to any organization of your choice in your country and
distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless baby's
home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women
or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less
fortunate.Also use part of this money to take care of my only son,Master
Paul Jnr Dodo.

I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless baby's home
and Presently, I'm hospitalized where I am undergoing treatment for my
upcoming breast cancer surgery operation. Please reply as soon as
possible, confirming your acceptance to this proposition so that I will
give you all the relevant information that will authorize the release and
transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.

On this note,I contacted you to please come in as my son`s guardian/
appointee of new beneficiary to this funds to enable the bank transfer the
money in your foreign account.


Hope to Hear from you soon.

Thanks and remain blessed in the Lord.

Regards,

Mrs Sandrine Dodo

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