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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: "Mrs. Comfort Darkoa" <zemillion19inossa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs_sabina@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2020 07:56:16 +0000
Subject: Very urgent

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Hello dear,
I request your co-operation in my desire to find a foreign partner who
i would like to share this information with, in line with this
inheritance fund (USD $19.3 Million Dollars) Nineteen Million Three
Hundred Thousand US Dollars.

I am counting on your sense of confidentiality as it is my desire that
you keep this business transaction secret to yourself. Therefore if
you are interested kindly get back to me without further delay for
more details on how we could proceed.

Mrs. Sabina Comfort Darkoa
EMAIL: mrs_sabina@yahoo.com

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