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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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Fraud email example:

From: PiotrWielandt@gmx.de
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:56:46 +0200
Subject: DONATION FROM AKARI TADAMITSU

Greetings,               
I hope this letter will not upset you, as we have no previous discussion on this matter. I am Mrs Akari Tadamitsu  from Japan, the wife of  late Mr. Tadamitsu Mogi who worked with kawasho food and ajinomoto west african seasoning before he died on June 2013 in a drastic car accident on his way to business meeting in Yamoussoukro.
 
We were shintoism by religion before we get converted in the year 2009 with the help of a christain siters. Shinto is the largest religion in Japan, practiced by nearly 80% of the population, yet only a small percentage of these identify themselves as Shintoists.
 
We were married for so many years without children but the greatest joy in me is that we were both born again christians. Since the death of my of my late husband I decided not to re-marry or go back to my country because non of our family memebers beleive in our lord Jesus Christ. However, when my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 3,500.000.00 USD accumulated from an onshore engineering contract awarded to him during the military regime of Gen. Robert Guei with one of the bank in Ivory Coast.
 
Presently, the money is still with the bank unclaimed, recently my doctor told me that I have acute pericardia, an inflammation of the lining around the heart problems, which come on top of a long-standing kidney complaint. My condition has worsened and it is obvious I would not survive unless by special grace of God, though what disturbs me most is that I am diagnosed to be having spinal abnormality.
 
For this reason I decided to donate the fund to you or better still a God fearing individual that will use it to support orphanage homes, widows and propagating word of God and to ensure that house of God is maintained. Blessed is the hand that gives.
 
I took this decision because I don't have children that will inherit this money and my late husband's relatives are maltreating me with the only motive to take away our properties including the funds from me because of my faith and trust in God. Since his death hence I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused. I therefore request you to accept this proposal and help me to achieve my heart desire.
 
I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the lord one day. If you will be of assistance, I will surely appreciate and thank you for your kindness in giving me this help. Please kindly reply me through this email for security reaosns akaritadamitsuu@gmail.com
 
Thanks,
 
Akari Tadamitsu.
 
 
 
 

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