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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: Ms Nina Johnson <oumarouattra7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ninamsjohnson@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2023 21:25:21 +0000
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?UmUu44GT44KT44Gr44Gh44Gv44CA6Kaq5oSb44Gq44KL?=

最愛の人

私はこのサイトを通じてあなたの連絡先情報を入手しました.神の恵みによって、保護者を求めて7日間断食した後、あなたが私の状況から首尾よく助けてくれることを願って、あなたに連絡することにしました.
私はコートジボワールの経済首都アビジャンを本拠地とする有名で裕福なカカオ商人 (故ナド・ジョンソン首長) の一人娘、ミス・ニーナ・ジョンソン
(20 歳) です。

不動産の管理や株式市場などの投資目的で、合計 (8,900,000.00) 800 万 900
米ドルを海外の指定銀行口座に送金できるよう、早急に対応していただきたいと思います。 資金は固定サスペンス口座に入金されました。
私へのあなたの緊急支援に対するあなたのコミッションとして、この私の総資金の20%を喜んで提供させていただきます.

この相互取引に関するより重要な詳細については、すぐにご連絡ください。すぐにご返信をお待ちしております。神が私たちと共におられることを祈ります

敬具
ニーナ・ジョンソン

Dearest one
I got your contact information through this site, and i decided to
contact you, hoping that by the grace of God you will successfully
assist me out from my situation after my seven days and fasting over
seeking for a guardians. I am Miss Nina Johnson, (20 years old) the
only daughter of (late chief Nado Johnson) who was a famous and
wealthy cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory
Coast.

I am seeking for your urgent attention to help me transfer the sum of
(8,900,000.00) Eight million nine hundred united states dollar into
your nominated bank account oversea as an investments purposes, such
as real estate’s managements and stock markets. The fund was deposited
in fixed suspense account. Please i am willing to offer you 20% out of
this my total fund as your commission for your urgent assistance to
me.

Please kindly write immediately for more important details concerning
this my mutual transaction, awaiting your immediate response, i Pray
that God will be with us

Yours Sincerely
Nina Johnson

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