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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: "Dr. Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <j.srobert0@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 15:35:55 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY

Greetings,

Do take a moment to consider the contents of this email. My contact to you is strictly personal
and confidential, i dare not contact you via my official email to maintain the absolute confidentiality required in these deal.
Please whoever this email meets, i seek your co-operation and to introduce my self i am Dr. Robert Johnson and i work for
an intermediary bank by name Exodus bank. I discover from my bank data assessment as the bank auditor general that a
deceased customer left in one of his accounts $180 million united states dollars and no one is aware of this for the past
7 years 8 months. The deceased customer did not mention any Next of Kin/ Heir when the account was opened, and he
was not married and no children. Last week my Bank Management requested that Peter should give instructions on what
to do about his funds, if to renew the contract. I know this will happen and that is why I have been looking for a means
to handle the situation, because if my Bank Directors happens to know that Peter is dead and do not have any Heir, they
will take the funds for their personal use, so I don't want such to happen. That was why when I saw your last name I was
happy and I am now seeking your co-operation to present you as Next of Kin/ Heir to the account, since you have the same
last name with him and my bank head quarters will release the account to you. If you are interested you can reach me on my private email;
j.srobert0@yahoo.com


Thank you

I await your response if interested.

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