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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 Cahya Idaho <rebeccayak1994@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cahyaidaho@aol.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 22:27:58 -0700
Subject:

Dear Beloved,

I’m Mrs Cahya IDAHO, 69years old affected with breast cancer, the wife
of late Mr Idaho, the Director of High River Gold Mines Ltd Istanbul
Turkey. I am contacting you because of my health condition,i need a
reliable person, who will handle this project accordingly, accomplish
my heart desire and utilize this fund.
I have decided to donate the sum Twenty-Five Million Two Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars Only ($25,200,000.00) to Charity
Organizations or to support the Orphans, Motherless Babies,Less
privileged and free Medical & Medicine Poor People's around the World
since I don t have any child and do not want the bank take over the
fund. I don't really know if i am going to survive this stage,
therefore if your ready to handle this project, kindly respond so that
i will give you the bank contact to transfer the fund to your account.

Contact my private email only if you are interested cahyaidaho@aol.com

Mrs Cahya IDAHO,

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