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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: "Mr.Josephstone Kajoh." <davidstone483@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josephkajoh1@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2020 14:49:56 +0200
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Sir,

I am reputable member of the board of management Banque Atlantique
Cote d’ Ivoire and the account manager to an Patrick Gwuem, who runs
an account with my bank valued at $14.5MILLION (Fourteen Million, Five
Hundred Thousand Dollars) He died with his wife, and their two
children on the 21st of April 2016 involved in a car accident along
Yamoussoukro express Road here in Cote Ivoire.

Since we’ve been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3
years, i seek your approval to present you to my bank management as a
relative to the deceased client since you bear the same surname, so
that the bank will accept you as his next of kin, and will release the
fund to you, which will be transferred to your account. At the
confirmation of the fund in your account, it will be sheared 60/ 40%
split.

This operation is risk free because the operation will be executed on
legitimate platform that will protect us of the law, all i require
is your cooperation and sincerity to receive the fund and pay my shear
to my account which will be sent to you. If you can secure the fund,
respond to my mail by providing your address, age, occupation and your
mobile number.

Waiting to hear from you.
Mr.Josephstone Kajoh.

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