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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: JANICE DAWSON <janicedawson011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: JANICE DAWSON <janicedawson001@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2017 11:24:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Hospital


Hello,

This is Ms Janice Dawson from Poland. I am writing from a hospital in Ivory Coast, therefore this mail is very urgent, I am dying in the hospital which I do not know what tomorrow will be. I have been told by my doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged and can only live for some weeks more, and my step mother is the one that want to kill me, to take my belongings since after the death of my Father.

I have a little orphan child, named Eric Mobio and $6.3 million dollars I inherited from my late father, my step mother and her children are after Eric because he knows about the documents of the money and about the poison, for this reason they do not want Eric to expose them, so they will do anything possible to kill him, so I want you to help him out of this country with the money.

This is the favor I need when you
have gotten the money: -

(1) Set out 40% of the money to establish my son Eric as he has been there for me throughout my illness and I have promised to support him in life. I want you to take him along with you to your country and establish him as your son.

(2) Give 30% of the money to the less privileges and charity organization and churches. The remaining 30% should be for you and others that you would love to assist.

Note; This should be a code between you and Eric in this transaction "Hospital" any mail from him, the Lawyer he will direct you to, without this code "Hospital" is not from Eric, the Lawyer or myself as I don't know what will happen to me in the next few hours.

I will send to you the email of my son Eric upon the receipt of your acceptance to help me on this. he will give you the documents of the money and will direct you to a well known lawyer that I have appointed to him, the lawyer will assist you to
change the documents of the money to your name to enable the bank transfer the money to you.

Eric is a young man therefore guide him. And if I did not hear from you, I will look for another person or an organization for the same purpose.
May Almighty God bless you and use you to accomplish my wish. Pray for me always.
Ms Janice Dawson

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