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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: Charity Akika <charityakika02@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2020 14:13:15 -1000
Subject: From Miss. Charity Akika

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From Miss. Charity Akika
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire
West Africa
Email: charityakika225@yandex.com

Greetings in Jesus Mighty Name. My Name From: Miss. Charity Akika. I am 21
years old girl and also an orphan, the only child of late Mr. Yves Akika I
want to transfer my inherited money US$7.5 Million Dollars to your account
for onward investment by you for my future.

My late parents died during the politica war here in my country in year War
2011, and I am the only child but since I have not been into any kind of
transfer or business before, I decided to contact you so that you will help
me claim the money on my behalf as my foreign business partner and I am
willing to give you 15% of the total money as compersation.

If you are interested to help me, kindly get back to me through this email:
(charityakika225@yandex.com or charity.akika@yandex.com for more details).
Thank you in advance for being there for me,

Yours sincerely

Miss. Charity Akika.

Email: charityakika225@yandex.com

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