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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: Kazuko Koide Drake <kazukokoidedrake@naver.com>
Reply-To: Kazuko Koide Drake <kazy.koidrakezy@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 20:46:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hilsner fra fru Kazuko koide Drake


Kære,

Jeg skriver denne mail til dig med tunge tårer i mine øjne og stor sorg i mit hjerte. Jeg er fru Kazuko Koide Drake. Jeg er en usa statsborger født i Japan, og jeg er gift med sene hr. Harold A. Drake. Min sene mand var en topofficer fra US Department of Defense, der var knyttet til USA's ambassade i Elfenbenskysten. Jeg er 74 år gammel, lider af lang tid kræft i brystet.

Fra alle indikationer er min tilstand virkelig forværret, og det er
helt klart, at jeg ikke vil leve mere end 2 måneder ifølge mine læger.

Jeg har nogle midler, jeg arvede fra min forsinkede mand, sent Mr. Harold
A. Drake, summen af ​​(4.500.000,00 USD), som han deponerede i en bank
her, og jeg har brug for en ærlig, sandfærdig og en gudfrygtig person,
der kan bruge Disse midler til velgørenhedsarbejde med det formål at hjælpe den mindre privilegium i samfundet. 30% af disse penge vil være til din tid og kræfter, mens 70% går til velgørenhedsorganisationer.

1) For de syge, mindre privilegerede
2) For enkerne og de moderløse babyer
3) børnehjem eller velgørenhedshjem.

Jeg ser frem til dit hurtige svar for flere detaljer.

Venlig hilsen
Fru Kazuko Koide Drake

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