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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: "Yahya Jammeh" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jammehyah@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 May 2017 17:55:32 +0100
Subject: Urgent and Genuine Partnership Request

 
Greetings to you and your family ,
 
I hope that you have a wonderful health, I am Yahya Jammeh the past president of the Republic of Gambia. I saw your profile and I would like to discuss an important and confidential business investment with you, your profile is perfect for a project i need your partnership for the investment of huge funds and you will be entitled to part of the investment funds as your share capital for cooperation and for managing the investment , let me know if you accept my offer by replying with your skype address so we can have a voice and video chat and I will send you all the necessary details.
 
In case you are confused about my identity just visit my personal page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahya_Jammeh
 
Truly Yours,
 
Yahya Jammeh
 

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