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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: philipmorgan633@yahoo.com
Reply-To: edwardjoy4trust@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 16:23:59 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?5Lqy54ix55qE5L2g5aW977yM?=

亲爱的你好,

向您打招呼,请接受我的诚挚道歉,因为我知道,这不是我应该为不明身份的人建立任何商业交易或投资的最佳方法。由于迫切的迫切需求以及我手头没有其他选择的事实,我被迫这样做。

但是,在适当的尊重下,我有义务在决定是否与我合作之前,请您花点时间仔细阅读我的信息,我相信这对我们双方都将具有非常重要的意义,并有助于财务增长和稳定。

我的名字叫科特迪瓦(Cote D'ivoire)的乔伊·爱德华(Joy Edward)女士。我正在寻找您的外国业务合作伙伴,我正在与您联系,我希望在您的国家投资房地产业务,我也愿意投资于任何其他合法企业只要您是真实的,我可能希望您介绍给我,我希望您可以在那为您和我们双方的共同利益提供建议和执行。

我正在寻求您的帮助,因为由于频繁的政治动荡和其他情况,我在这里投资并不安全。


感谢您的宝贵时间,祝您度过愉快的时光。
等待你的答复。

肃然,
乔伊·爱德华女士。

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