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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. Zahra Nawaf" <celin_jonahl1@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Zahra Nawaf" <zahrawaf@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 2015 07:25:19 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you from Mrs. Celin Jonah


 Greetings to you from Mrs. Celin Jonah,

    With due Respect and Humanity I write to
donate and hand over this  fund to you for orphanages
and widows / less privileged and  propagate the gospel
of God(US$2.5M) two million five hundred  thousand
dollars deposited in one of security firm  in Cote
d'Ivoire by my  late husband. I, Mrs. Celin Jonah,
I live in Cote d'Ivoire for 40 years and i have no
child,my  late husband from Israel  he work
with Oil  company (PETROCI) Cote d'Ivoire before he
died in the year 2013  after a Cardiac Arteries
Operation, presently my doctor said I will  not last
for four months due to Colon Cancer,
   Please always remember me in your daily
prayers.

    Thanks and waiting your quick
  response.

    God bless us,

    Mrs. Celin Jonah

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