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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: Agnes Robert <agnessrobert957@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Agnes Robert <robertagness77@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2018 02:17:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Greetings,


My Greetings,

I am Miss.Agnes Robert. The daughter of late Mr. James Robert. I want to invest in your country with the sum of $9.7Million USD that I inherited from my late father, Please my late father relative are maltreating me, They want to kill me because of the properties my late father left. Please respond to me if you can be honest to assist me in investing this fund. Please I will need your full name and your country name and address and along with your direct telephone number , I will wait for your urgent respond.

Sincerely,
Miss. Agnes Robert

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