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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: Princess Jovita <princesjovita@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2019 21:17:41 +0700
Subject: Trusted Partner Needed Urgent

Trusted Partner Needed Urgent,

I am Miss Jovita Edward 21 years of age from Ivory Coast my late father
deposit 37kg of Raw Gold on my name in a security company and also
2.300million united states dollars as family valuables which he openly
declared to security authority as personal belongings and mention that i
will have assets only to invest abroad and i want honest person to
handle the property i want an honest investor manager guardian who will
stand for me sale this Gold,The person will also help me transfer this
money to his or her account and look for a profitable investment outside
my country for security reasons.

Note i am going to send you all the documents proven that i am the next
of kin and you will hear from the security company for verification.

Regards
Miss. Jovita,

Please Reply with this email:princesjovita@gmail.com

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