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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: Donald Godwin <johnsonjacob2023@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Donald Godwin <DonaldGodwin2014@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2014 21:13:37 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear,


Hello Dear,

A France Based investor from your country who was a business
tycoon, a cocoa Merchant and a contractor with Ivory Coast
Government who died in a plane crash on Tuesday August 16,
2005 in Venezuela has come to the limelight in our bank
because since 2005 that he died his portfolio and Investment
of 9.8 Million Pounds has not been touch because no name
Next-of-kin was found in his bio-data form, if you are
familiar with Investment Banking affairs, those who
patronize our services usually prefer Anonymity with some
levels of detachment from conventional processes  now
this investment has generated a huge accrued interest to the
amount of 1.3 Million British Pounds after this end of the
year general auditing because he was operating a pounds
account.

The bank management has therefore authorized me as the Funds
Manager/Managing Director of one Investment Banking Division
of this Bank - to locate any living relative of this
investor to apply for an inheritance claim so that the
accrued interest can be paid to the family of the late
Depositor which is inline with the Banking rules, ethics and
operatives. This is where your name came in and this mail is
at your door step.

Pls contact me immediately so that I can furnish you with
the detail. Mind you, I do not care whether you are truly
related to this investor or not but for the fact that you
know nothing about this money before and I am the one that
comes to you - we are sharing this money 50/50. and it
didn't end there, the bank will only as of this moment based
on your request release the accrued interest of 1.3 Million
British Pounds to you as the next-of-kin which simply means
the investment will still remain and every year you will be
collecting the interest on the investment which we will be
sharing 50/50 subsequently, I will see to it that this
arrangement work-out perfectly because it is risk free as I
have taken care all necessary steps before contacting you.

Pls if for any reason you are skeptical or see or consider
this classified information contained in this mail to be
scam, spam. Junk or hoax simply delete it and forget I ever
contacted you because this is a God given opportunity but if
you understand my point in this mail and ready to work with
me to actualize this project to claim this God blessing,
send to me in your return mail your most direct telephone
number.

Best regards,
Donald Godwin

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