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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: "Mr. Susan Yakco" <info@lee.com>
Reply-To: mrssusanyakco2015@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2015 04:00:12 -0600
Subject: From Mrs Susan

My dear beloved,

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears in my eyes and great sorrow
in my heart, my name is Mrs. Susan Yakco, and I am contacting you from my
country Tunisia. I want to tell you the problem i am presently facing
because I have no choice but moved to open up to you! I married to
Mr.Yakco Brown, who worked with Tunisia embassy in Benin Republic for nine
years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for eleven years
without a child.
He died after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. Since his
death I decided not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of US $ 8,500,000 (eight million five hundred thousand
dollars) in a bank in Cotonou the economic capital city of Benin Republic
in West Africa. Currently this money is still in the bank. He made this
money available for exportation of gold mining there in Cotonou which when
my husband deposited the money he use my name as his next of kin since we
do not have any child and he made an agreement with the bank the day he
deposited the money that in case of any form of death or any eventuality
that i should make use of the money and establish what he has been planing
to establish which was the gold mining establishment.

Recently i was not feeling fine as each evening my stomach will start to
hot me and other related symptoms in my body which i did not understand,
it was so terrible that i could not bear the pains any longer and i went
to see my Doctor and after all laboratory test and scan my doctor open up
to me that I have cancer that i would not last for the period of 5
months due to the fact that the cancer has taken part of all my heart.
Having heard such news from the doctor i develop stroke as i could not
withstand such news, now the one that disturbs me most is stroke sickness.
Having known my condition I decided to give this money out to charity
through you after my personal search for contact to care for the homeless
and less privileged in your country, this money will be used the way I am
going to instruct herein.

I want you to take 30 Percent of the total money for your personal use
While 70% of the money will go to charity, people on the street and help
the orphanage. I grew up as an orphan and have no one as a member of my
family, only to end in favor of the house of God is what i maintained. I'm
doing this for God to forgive my sins and accept my soul so feel no sorry
for me for i know that if you can use this money for charity as i explain
to you i am no more afraid of death as i know were i am going if i die and
i know God Almighty will accept my soul for i have save souls in this
world with what i have. It is true I have suffered both these diseases is
not my fault God knows why and it can happen to any one but the most
important thing is when you see this coming to good to people and put your
mind at rest.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank
in Cotonou, and will instruct the Bank Manager to issue a letter of
authority that will prove you the present beneficiary of the money in the
bank that is if you will assure me that you will use this money for the
purpose which i mentioned above and not to betray the my trust for you,
and you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.

Always respond to my alternative email for security reasons
hoping to receive your reply:
Regards
Mrs Susan

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