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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: Nimasha Rajitha <service403@nifty.ne.jp>
Reply-To: nimashareal@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 23:01:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Re:Please Respond Immediately.....

Dearest Beloved,
I am Mrs Nimasha Rajitha from switzerland I am married to Late Mr.Rajitha Raha
n who is a wealthy business man here in Ivory Coast .We were married for many
years with out a child before he died after a brief illness.

Before his sudden death we where devoted christian.When my late husband was al
ive he deposited the sum of Three Million US Dollars ($ 3.000.000.00) in one o
f the firm here in Ivory Coast.

I am very sick from Kidney cancer that I may not last till the next two months
according to the doctor "s report.For this reason, I decided to donate this m
oney to a honest individual who will use it for God's work such as orphans, wi
dows and building of churches to fulfill the vow I and my late husband made to
God.

I have choosen you after my fasting and praying and I want this money to be us
e as I have said since I do not have any child to inherit this fund and our re
latives are all unbelievers and I do not want our hard earned money to be used
in an ungodly way so you will take 15% of the fund for your efforts and use t
he remaining as I stated above.

As soon as I read from you I will give you more details on how to achieve this
goal.
I need your urgent reply as I dont know what tomorrow will result.
Your Sister In The Lord
Mrs Nimasha Rajitha.

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