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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: Juan Yang <juan2yang@gmail.com>
Reply-To: juan22yang@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Nov 2019 01:14:36 +0100
Subject: GREETINGS MY BELOVED



--
Hello dear,

How are you doing? I know you might be wondering why I'm contacting you
but I believe everything happens for a reason.
I am Mrs. Juan Yang, I'm an orphan from Origin and was married to my
late husband who's from China.

I'm currently residing in hospital with my only daughter Lin, she is 4
years of age. I wish to seek your help to please accept my child Lin in
the name of God and help me to raise her just like your own. I grew up
as an orphan and now a widow, I have nobody to help take care of her
because I was recently diagnosed with blood cancer and Parkinson
diseases which has defiled all forms of medical treatment and I have
only a short time to live according to the doctors, I don’t want her to
suffer again because she has suffered a lot ever since the death of her
father and my illness.

We have the sum of $6,550,000.00 six million five hundred and fifty
thousand united states dollars deposited in a security company which we
inherited from her late father Chan Yang (my late husband) I am willing
to transfer this funds to you so you can help me fulfill my last wish
which is to set up an orphanage to help the less privileged while you
also help my daughter to come over to your country to continue her
education, and take care of her needs until she grow up and be able to
take care of herself, she is a lovely child and I just want the best for
her.

My late husband's family abandoned us and confiscated all our properties
in china and even attempted to assassinate us due to their greed and for
the fact i had no male child for my husband. my late husband family is
not aware of this funds, My husband had a friend from the USA who
promised to help us but we lost contact with him when my husband's
family members took everything from me including my cell phone and other
personal gadgets. I don’t want anything to happen to my beloved child,
please help me accept her as your own child and give her the best in
life together with the others, please do that and God will bless you and
your family.

I am willing to offer you 30% of the total amount stated above if you
help me to accept my child and foster her and help her invest some of
the funds in a good business until she is matured to handle things by
herself. Like I said before, I have just a short time to live due to my
current poor health situation. Please my daughter needs a home and a
family to love and care for her.

E-mail me back with my private email address, if you will help us at [
juan22yang@gmail.com ]

God bless you!
Mrs. Juan Yang

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