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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: "Sr.Yukiyoshi Ohyatsu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <collectionzstatenisland@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 14:16:23 +0100
Subject: Re: Su pago de compensación de $ 950,000.00

Querido Beneficiario,
Quisiera que se sepa que en una reuni?n celebrada por el Fondo Monetario Internacional en Afiliaci?n con el Banco Mundial, se acord? que se haya aprobado una compensaci?n de $ 950,000.00 a su nombre.
Este programa de Compensaci?n se organiz? para todas las personas que tuvieron transacciones pendientes en cualquier parte del mundo.
Su Direcci?n de correo electr?nico se extrajo autom?ticamente a trav?s de una m?quina de votaci?n por correo electr?nico, es por eso que est? calificado para recibir el pago de compensaci?n mencionado anteriormente.
Su pago de compensaci?n de $ 950,000.00 se ha convertido en una tarjeta de cajero autom?tico que se le entregar? personalmente. P?ngase en contacto con nuestro Coordinador Zonal en (collectionzstatenisland@gmail.com)
Por favor complete los datos a continuaci?n y env?elos a nuestro coordinador zonal.
Nombre completo:
Direccion de casa:
Pa?s:
Edad y sexo:
N?mero de tel?fono:
Sr. Yukiyoshi Ohyatsu

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