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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.James Isaiah" <"www."@peace.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr.James Isaiah" <dr.james_isaiah@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Dec 2017 00:52:29 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS.

My Dear Good Friend,

I have tried getting through to you severally but cannot connect to you. I'm Dr.James Isaiah, a senior Auditor Standard chartered Bank Benin Republic. I am contacting you because late Marko Seeemet, a citizen of your country, he had $9,300,000.00 Million USD in our Bank, Our Bank issued a notice to provide the next of kin or had the account confiscated. I want to introduce you to the bank as his family member and as the beneficiary of the fund, for security reason I will forward more details and proof to you.

Also reply me to my email address ( E-mail: dr.james_isaiah@yahoo.com OR E-mail: drjamesisaiah@yahoo.co.jp ) Please provide the following details. ( Full Name: Phone Number: Country: Occupation: )

Waiting for your urgent reply,

Best regards,
Dr.James Isaiah.

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