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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: Josiane Idriss <josianeeidriss@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mmeprivate@aol.fr
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 10:33:08 +0200
Subject: Help Me Pls


i know that this letter may come to you as surprise, i came across your
email contact from my personal search and I decided to reveal this lifetime
secret to you, i prayed hard before i sent you this message, i am josiane
idriss seventeen years old girl also my late mother work with lhasa Ivory
coast eight years ago as a business woman dealing with gold exportation
before she suddenly pass away, my late father died few years ago, his
death was politically motivated and my father was a very rich and wealthy
businessman, he was running his cocoa timber plantation business and
dealing with gold exportation before his sudden death, i was not able to
managing all his business because of my tender age as a girl, so i am
looking for a reputable foreigner that can guarantee my future and my
education as the only survival child of my late parents, before the death
of my late father he deposited the sum of $8,500,000 million dollar in the
bank here, he wanted to use the money to expand his cocoa business to other
african country before his sudden death i want you to assist me in order to
claim the fund from the bank, the sum of eight million five hundred
thousand united states dollars as my late parents’ foreign business
partner, after you have received the amount in your account, you will help
me come over to your country for continuation of my education, keep 25% of
the fund for compensation as for helping me and invest the rest of 75% in
my name. if you believe you are in a better position to help me claim the
fund from the bank please kindly revert back to me so that i can link you
up with the bank immediately contact me at josianeidrisss@gmail.com

with hope to hear from you

Josiane Idriss

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