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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.Matte Jorn" <admin@kammag.ru>
Reply-To: mrsmettejorn@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2019 09:01:32 -0800
Subject: urgent respond


Dearest I am Mrs.Matte Jorn, from Australia I am married to late Mr Georg =
Jorn, who worked with TOTAL OIL in Benin Republic for Twenty-Six years befo=
re he die in the year 2009,after a brief illness that lasted for only five =
days. We were married for Eighteen years with a daughter (Lilian)who later =
died in a motor accident.Before the untimely death of my husband, Since aft=
er his death I decided not to remarry When my late husband was alive he dep=
osited the sum of (US$1.5M (One Million,five hundred Thousand United States=
Dollars) in a General Trust Account with a prime bank in Cotonou Benin rep=
ublic Presently,this money is still with the bank. Recently,Following my il=
l health, my Doctor told me that I may not last for the next eight months d=
ue to my cancer problem.The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness=
.Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to an individual o=
r organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct =
herein,according to the desire of my late husband before his death. I want =
this fund to be used in Activities like,Orphanages, widows, and displaced c=
hildren .I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inhe=
rit this money and my husband relatives are unbelievers. I don't need any t=
elephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presen=
ce of my husband's relatives around me always.I don't want them to know abo=
ut this development, As soon as I receive you reply I shall give you the co=
ntact of the bank in Cotonou. I will also issue you the documents that will=
prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. Any delay in your reply wi=
ll give me room in sourcing another for this same purpose. Please assure me=
that you will act accordingly as I Stated here in.Hoping to receive your r=
eply. Thanks and god bless you, Mrs. Mette Jorn=20

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