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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: John Yususf <jose1phine10a@gmail.com>
Reply-To: brownoddeh@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2017 22:07:41 +0100
Subject: Dear good friend


Dear good friend,

How are you? Hope this email meet you? If so,thanks be to God for his
infinit mercy upon us.

I'm sorry but happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Hong Kong,though i
tried my best to involve you in the business but God decided the whole
situations.Presently I’m in Hong Kong, for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us
some how.

Now contact my secretary in Burkina Faso his name is Brown Odeh, on his
e-mail address below ( *brownoddeh@gmail.com <brownoddeh@gmail.com>* ) ask
him to send you the total of one million two hundred

thousand United States Dollars($1,200,000.00), which i kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempt assist me in this matter.
I appreciated all your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Mr.Brown Odeh, and instruct him where to send
the amount to you.

Do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy
after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, I’m very busy here
because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having
at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the
secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with Mr.Brown Odeh. He will send the amount to you without any delay.

Please make sure you send him your full name,address and phone number to
enable him confirm

and be sure that you are the same person name i wrote on the Bank Draft
Check i left with him before i traveled.

Stay blessed,
John Yusuf

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