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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: "Mr. J Loko" <walterjamesloko@post.cz>
Reply-To: walterjamesloko@seznam.cz
Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2018 22:29:08 +0000
Subject: my subject 7/9/18


From: Mr Walter J Loko (Consultant) London, Uk Attention:Respectful Friend =
With deep sense of honor and great respect, I communicate to seek your humb=
le assistance for my client former President of South Africa His excellency=
Mr. Jacob Zuma who recently step out of office on Feb 15, 2018 following p=
ressure from his ANC party, he has charged me to arrange with a trusted per=
son or company who can assist to retrieve some of his assets in South Ameri=
ca and Europe after latest seizure of his automobiles https://www.youtube.c=
om/watch?v=3D70l8GSkthvg by Mr. Cyril Ramaphosa with the aid of top governm=
ent officials working relentlessly to clamp down on anything attached to hi=
s name. Sincerely, I took my time to survey your person and consider you tr=
usted to assist this noble man secure and perhaps manage these assets in th=
e form of investment in your country pending when he is free from all sorts=
of charges on him, I MUST advise that whatever is agreed is maintained to =
the latter so as to avoid staining the smooth relationship I have had with =
my client over the years, and knowing his kind of person it will be endange=
ring my entire family should you not keep safe this fund when received. I w=
ill crave your indulgence at this juncture to give me your assurance and al=
so attach your details to enable me process all relevant documents that wil=
l back your status to this claim, it is also pertinent to state on the need=
for us to act fast by substituting your name with the former immediately. =
Anticipating for your maturity towards this. Mr Walter J Loko (Consultant) =
UK

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