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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. Janet Yaradua" <desirel2022@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <mrs.jy2020@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:43:19 -0700
Subject: KINDLY ASSIST ME MOVE THIS PLS

Dear Good day!

I am Mrs. Janet Yaradua, the second wife of the late President Musa Yaradua: "I am currently in the United States of America, I'm looking for a good reliable person in your country particular assists and help
me pass this very fund of $15.5 million of my money which i lodged in Europe to country, this money was deposited in custody when my late husband had been in power in 2010.My late husband died of cancer, and
the world knew about it, and this money is my last hope in my life to take care of my four little children left behind by my late husband, Mr.Yaradua,as soon as you reply to me, all the documents that were used for the deposit of the fund with security company will be change
in Your name and favor. and as soon as the fund gets to you I would like you to advice me on what business to invest my

fund under your help or any country in which you want i offer you 20% for assisting me in transfer of the fund to your account of the total amount for assisting me in transferring this fund into your nominated
account. I want you to send me the full information

about your address so that we can . complete Column below
(1) Your full name
(2) your full address and your country.
(3) Your age
(4) Your occupation
(5) Your phone number and phone for easy contact.
(6) the name of your company or your name business

Mrs. Janet Yaradua
email me back to my direct response to: mrs.janetyaradua111@gmail.com

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