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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: "yobo.jim" <yobo.jim@vp.pl>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 12:51:57 +0200
Subject: Hello Friend,


Hello Friend,
My name is Yobo Jim,i work with Vulga security Inc.website
http://www.vulgasecurity.com/. Ghana, a subsidiary of Anglo Gold,i
need to do a business with you if you can readily assist, we have
control of gold/cash(250kg) 14.2 million Dollars deposited in our
company ,and the depositor has the same last name with you,
We have tried to locate the relatives of the deceased to no avail
until i stumbled into you,having same last name with him,we heard that
he died through the Philippine disaster with his family and now we
need someone who has same last name,so that he can arrange you to
stand as his relative and make claims ,i assure you that we have all
the details and within twenty one working days,it will be released to
you. Me and My colleague have all the deposit documents intact and
will make it available at your demand. We are two in this transaction
and are ready to share 50/50 with you,but the most important thing is
to keep this confidential and have mutual trust and secrecy.
Waiting for your response.my email once again is yoba3Jim@gmail.com
Best Regard,
Mr.Yobo Jim,
やあ
私の名前はヨボ ジム、Vulga セキュリティ コナミマニュファクチャリングを使用
http://www.vulgasecurity.com/。ガーナ、アングロ ・ ゴールドの子会社私
容易に助けることができる場合に、あなたとのビジネスを行う必要があります。
gold/cash(250kg) で作製した 1420 万ドルのコントロール、
会社、および預金者は、あなたと同じ姓
我々 は無駄に故人の親類を検索しよう
私はあなたにつまずいた、まで、彼と同じ姓を持つ私たちは聞いたこと
彼は彼の家族と、今フィリピンの災害で死亡しました。
彼の手配をすると、同じ姓を持つ人が必要
自分の身内として立つし、私はすべてがあることに保証を主張して、
詳細 21 営業日以内にリリースされる予定
あなたは。私と私の同僚のすべての預金の書類を持ってそのままと
あなたの要求で利用でようなります。我々 は、このトランザクションの 2 つ
50/50 はあなたと共有する準備ができて、最も重要なことは、
これの機密保持と相互信頼や秘密。
Yoba3Jim@gmail.com は、もう一度あなたの response.my メールを待って
最もよい尊敬、
Mr.Yobo ジム

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