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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: durojola soiru <durojolasoiru199@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2023 01:16:18 +0100
Subject: HELLO DEAR PLEASE CAN I TRUST YOU!!!!!!??

--
Hello, I'm sorry for this kind of contact. I just feel to contact you
because I thought you were the person I needed. I don't know you and
you don't know me, but the Spirit of God has brought me to you.
Anyway, my name is Mrs. laddie Jones. I live in northern Massachusetts
state USA. I'm
suffering from a serious illness, which has condemned me to certain
death, It is throat cancer that I have been suffering from for years. And
According to my severally diagnosis from many hospitals, It has been
discovered that I can never be cured. between God and man. So I decided
to discharge all my personal belongings to the living. before I face
death. I have an amount of 15.5 million USD that I would like to
donate to a reliable and honest person so that he can make good
use of it. I own a red oil import company in Germany, and I lost my
husband 20 years ago which affected me a lot and I was not able to
remarry until today, I had no children. I want to give this amount as
a gift before I die Because my days are numbered due to the presence
of this disease for which I had no cure but a sedative to relieve my
pain. I would like to ask you if you can benefit from this donation
of this 15.5 million USD.
If you are interested forward your information such as:
YOUR FULL NAME________
YOUR HOME ADDRESS______
YOUR NEAREST AIRPORT ADDRESS_____
YOUR ID CARD________________
YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS_________
Forward the above-requested information directly to my personal email
here (mrsladyj009@gmail.com)

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