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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.Amana Othman" <deskoffi60@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amanaothman@outlook.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 03:14:01 +1200
Subject: Remain blessed Yours Sister Mrs.Amana Othman



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Hello Dear ,

Greeting to you and your family. I am Mrs.Amana Othman . A widow to late
Mohamed Othman of blessed memory. I am 60years old, my late Husband was
a Director with the Construction Company here before his Sudden Death
during this Country’s political Crisis in 2013, but before his death, he
Deposited the Sum of USD12.3million US dollars and some quantities of
Gold dust worth some millions of dollars which is he hid under the safe
custody of a security company here in my name as next of kin and,
presently, suffering from long time cancer of the breast, and My
condition is really bad and it is quite obvious that I won’t live more
than three months according to my doctors. I have no Child who is going
to take care of this Huge amount of Money and the Gold dust. I am
willing to donate this sum of USD12.3million dollars and the gold dust
in your name for you to help widows and the less privileged ones in the
rural and urban areas and to carry out charity works in your Country and
around the World on my Behalf.

Hoping to hearing from you

Remain blessed Yours Sister


Mrs.Amana Othman

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