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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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Fraud email example:

From: kodunori4@gmail.com
Reply-To: nori.kodu@outlook.com
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:45:40 +0300
Subject: Good Day


Dear Friend,
I Am Mrs. Nori Kodu from Russia but i live in America where I have been =
undergoing treatment for my sickness with my late husband before he passed =
away, I am suffering from a long time cancer of the breast, from all indica=
tion my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I =
can't work or do any stressful thing any longer, according to my doctors, t=
hey have advised me that I may not live for the next few months from now, t=
his is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.
I was brought up from motherless babies home,and was married to my late h=
usband without a child. So i think helping the Motherless Babies homes in r=
eturn will make me a happy person even when i am no more.
My late husband Agit Kodu was among those that lost their lives in the Te=
rrorist attack that happened at The Ataturk International Airport In Istanb=
ul Turkey On 29th June 2016. Losing my Husband to that attack worsened my s=
ituation because he is a kind man who loved me deeply despite my present co=
ndition as a Cancer Patient ,Since his death I decided not to re-marry agai=
n, I sold all the Properties I Inherited from my Late Husband and deposited=
all the money that i made from the selling to a Security Company.

I deposited the whole sum of $4.2 million dollars in a Security Company. P=
resently, I lost my ability to talk and my Doctors have told me that I have=
only more few months to live. It is my last wish to see at least 60% of th=
is money is invested/donated to any organization/business of your choice a=
nd distributed at least 60% of the Money each year among the charity organi=
zations, like the poor homes, the motherless babies home where I came from=
=2E I choose the Motherless babies homes because they should me love and tr=
ained me when i was still an infant till i grew up . What i seek for is a G=
od fearing person, that has human feelings who can carry out my last wishe=
s and also be able to donate the 60% of the the money to the Less priveldge=
homes and you can keep the remaining 40% for yourself for helping me to fu=
lfill my last wish.
It will really give me a great joy even when i rest in peace to see that m=
y wishes are granted. I took this decision, before I rest in peace because =
my time will soon be up. I will be looking forward for your response if yo=
u have interest in the charity development, which will also help to grant=
my wish regarding to helping the less previldge people .
Thanks and regards.
Mrs Nori Kodu.


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