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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 Maureen Tyndale <tyndmaureen@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Maureen Tyndale <tyndmaureen1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2018 18:51:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: I am Mrs Maureen Tyndale from France but lived in Togo-Lome. I am a
widow to Late Mr.Luke Tyndale without any child. I am 55 years old but
suffering from long time cancer of the breast. And it is bad stage now and
Doctor told me that i will not last up to five month. My late husband was
very wealthy man and after his death. I decided to Danate the sum of
$5,000.000.00 ( Five Million United State Dollars) to you so that you can
use it and help orphans, poors, and less privileged. The fund is in the
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