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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: Brigitte <brigitejoachim439@outlook.com>
Reply-To: brigittejoachim439@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2019 05:20:47 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good Morning.

Good Morning.

Greeting to you and your family, My name is Brigitte Joachim. I am an orphan,The death of my father actually brought grief to my life. Before the death of my father, he called me and told me that he had deposited the sum of four million four hundred thousand united state dollars in a bank and he used my name as the next of Kins to this deposit, which he gave me all the necessary legal documents regarding this deposit at the bank, Please do not be embarrassed, I ask you for your attention to help me received this fund to your account and to help me invest this fund in your country. kindly indicate your interest by reply back to me so that I will furnish you with the needfully information and the details on how to proceed further, I will offer you 20% of the total money for your assistancep May God bless you for your prompt attention.
Ms. Brigitte Joachim

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