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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: Esther & Jones Jomkoma <eliz_003kam@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Esther & Jones Jomkoma <esther_3jomkoma@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 21:09:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest one. Good day and how are you together with your family? I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart. With due respect trust and humanity, I know this mail will come to you as a surprise since we haven't known or come across each other before, considering the fact that I sourced your email contact through the Internet in search of trusted person who can be trusted and assist us. I am Miss Esther with my younger brother Jones Jomkoma. We are orphans, being that we lo




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