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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 Yoshiko" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yoshikonakano1010@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2017 07:21:57 -0500
Subject: Re: Health Report

I am Mrs. Yoshiko Nakano from Japan , I am 69 years old, I am suffering from a long time cancer and from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I can't work or do any stressful thing, according to my doctors they have advised me that I may not live for the next two months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. All my life i have wanted to do good and now I have decided to setup a charity organization through you. Can i trust you? I have $5.1 Million Dollars deposited in a bank and if you provide me with a proof that i can trust you with this money then i will .. Write back to me as a matter of urgency. Regards, Mrs. Yoshiko Nakano

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