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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: "Barr. Meifen Jun" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michelngu12@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sun, 1 Mar 2020 08:48:37 -0800
Subject: Next of Kin to late Dr. Erin Jacobson needed

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you,

I am Meifen Jun legal representative to Dr. Erin Jacobson who unfortunately lost his life and his entire family in Montana plane crash on March 23, 2009, on their way to a group ski vacation, I wish to place your name as the beneficiary to US$15,500,000.00 due to the death of the depositor (Dr. Erin Jacobson). You can confirm the genuine of the deceased death by clicking on this web
site http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/03/23/montana.plane.crash/index.html

If you are interested respond back to me through this email ( solicitorlawoffice1013@gmail.com ) to enable me furnish you with more details.

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Meifen Jun.

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