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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: ARAWA HARA <madamaaarawahara@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ARAWA HARA <madammarawahara@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2017 04:47:50 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU REPLY URGENTLY


GOD BLESS YOU AS YOU REPLY URGENTLY

Dear Child of God,

Calvary Greetings in the name of the God Almighty and  the giver of every good thing.

Good
day and compliments of the seasons, i know this letter will definitely
come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go
through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to
determine my future and continued existence. I am Mrs. Arawa Hara an
aging widow of 61 years old suffering from long time illness.

I
have some funds I inherited from my late husband Mr. Hara Rex, the sum
of (Four Million  Dollars) and I needed a very honest and God fearing
devoted child of God who can withdraw this money then use the funds for
Charity works. I WISH TOGIVE THIS FUNDS TO YOU FOR CHARITY WORKS. I
found your email addressfrom the internet after honest prayers to the
LORD to bring me a helper and i decided to contact you if you may be
willing and intereste d to handle these trust funds in good faith before
anything happens to me.

I am desperately in keen need of
assistance and I have summoned up courage to contact you for this task,
you must not fail me and the millions of the poor people in our todays
WORLD. This is no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100%
RISK FREE with full legal proof.
Please kindly respond quickly for
further details, reply quick or you will give me room to contact someone
else to handle this task on my

Warmest Regards,
Mrs Araw Hara.

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