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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: Miss Grace Johnson <sarenaquadio@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Miss Grace Johnson <gracejohson@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 11:20:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Miss Grace Johnson,


>From Miss Grace Johnson,

I am Miss Grace Johnson 20 years old, the only daughter of Mrs. A. Johnson.
It's my
pleasure to contact you for a business venture; I have ($7,500,000)) which my
late mother Mrs. A. Johnson a Coffee/Cocoa merchant deposited for me in
commercial bank before she was assassinated by unknown persons in the
political
crises in our country.

I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough
outside
this country for security purposes. The people that assassinated my late
mother
are now in plan to kill me to take away everything that belongs to my late
mother.

Area of investment, Telecommunication, InternationalSchool,
Five star hotels, Real Estate, Charity organization,

I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.

Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded. Now permit me to ask
these few questions:

1. Can you honestly help me from your heart ?

2. Can I completely trust you?

If you can be of assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 15% of
the total sum
while 5% will be for miscellaneous expenses incurred during the transaction.

I await your soonest response.

Kind regards Miss. Grace Johnson.

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