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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.Anisha Sayouba" <mrs.anishasayouba@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:20:30 +0000
Subject: From Mrs.Anisha Sayouba

Dear God's Select

I am writing this mail to you with heavy tears In my eyes and great
sorrow in my heart, My Name is Mrs.Anisha Sayouba, I am from Tunisia
and I am contacting you from a hospital in Burkina Faso. I want to
tell you this because I don't have any other option than to tell you
as I was touched to open up to you. I married Mr. Sayouba Brown who
worked with the Tunisia Ambassador in Burkina Faso for nine years
before he died in 2011. We were married for eleven years without a
child.

He died after a brief illness that lasted for only five days. Since
his death I decided not to remarry, When my late husband was alive he
deposited the sum of US$ 8.500.000 million. (Eight Million Five
hundred Thousand Dollars) in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city of
Burkina Faso in west Africa. Presently this money is still in the
bank. He made this money available for exportation of Gold from
Burkina Faso mining.

Recently, my doctor told me that I would not last for the period of
seven months due to blood cancer and hemorrhagic stroke. Having known
my condition I decided to hand this money over to you to take care of
the less-privileged people, you will utilize this money the way I am
going to instruct here in. I want you to take 30 Percent of the total
money for your personal use. While 70% of the money you will use to
build an orphanage home in my name and help the poor people in the
street. I grew up as an Orphan and I don't have anybody as my family
member, just to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. Am doing
this so that God will forgive my sins and accept my soul in paradise,
because this illness has suffered me so much.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the
bank in Burkina Faso and I will also instruct the Bank Manager to
issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present
beneficiary of the money in the bank that is if you assure me that you
will act accordingly as I Stated here in.

From Mrs.Anisha Sayouba

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