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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: yousif yamani <yousifyamani5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yamaniyousif@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 15:27:39 -0300
Subject: Dear respectful,


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Dear respectful,

I am delighted to write to you. My name is Yousif Yamani; I am sorry if
this mail will come to you as an embarrassment or a surprise, I just felt
like emptying myself to you, I decided to confide in you, as I faced with
total frustration and hardship. My earnest prayer is that you find this
mail in good health and blessings.

During the crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our
president Robert Mugabe to claim all the White owner farms in our country,
he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party
members and their followers. My father was one of the best farmers in the
country and knowing that he did not support the president political
ideology, the president supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down
everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became
sick and died. And after his death, I decided to move out of Zimbabwe for
the safety of my life to Accra-Ghana.

But before he died he wrote his will, which reads my beloved son, I wish to
draw your attention to the sum of ($10,000,000) Ten million united state
dollars which I deposited with a trunk box in a financial and security
house in (EUROPE) in case of my absence on earth because by death only you
should solicit for a reliable foreign partner to assist you to release and
transfer the money for your better future and also for investment purposes.
I deposited the trunk box as a belonging to my foreign business partner
that was for security reason. I have all the documents and proof with me
here.

I will be very grateful if you can assist me I am now living in Accra as
political asylum seekers and I cannot invest this money here in Accra,
hence I am asking you to assist me to release and transfer the money into
your bank account in your country for investment purposes, I have agreed to
offer you 15% out of the total funds for your help while 5% will be set
aside for any expenses made.
If we establish trust and confidence between ourselves everything will be
successful.

Then after the transaction I will be coming over to your country for
investment and continuation of my studies when the money must have been
release and transferred into your bank account.
I wait to hear from you as soon as possible.

Yours sincerely,
Yousif Yamani.

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