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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: Mrs Joy Joseph <jj4446398@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Joy Joseph <joy_joseph@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 17:50:21 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dearest one in Christ, I am Mrs.Joy Joseph, I married Mr.Felix Joseph, for 19 years without a child and my husband died in 2007. I'm contacting you so that you will know my desire to donate the sum of $ 6,500,000 that I inherited from my late husband to charity, currently the fund is still in the bank. Recently, my doctor told me that I have serious sickness which is cancer problem and I will not last for the next 2 months. I want a person that will use this fund for orphanages, schools, churches, wido


Donation from Mrs. Joy Joseph ($ 6.5 million) for the work of God.

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