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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: "Biliart Majokho" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <biliartmajokho@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 06:52:02 +0200
Subject: THANK YOU !

Compliment of the day,
 
    I have Business offer that may interest you, my father is formal secretary to the Government of Zimbabwe, he was dismissed 19 years ago by the final Government without compensation of any kind, the new Government has compensated him with our Country museum of 58 hectares of land, the museum hotel which been known as one of the best tourism in Africa. We want to sell this property or manage it with a foreign body, my father is old now. I am the only son and cannot manage it as I am a business man lives in South Africa. Please respond to me if you are interested.
Yours Truly,
Biliart Majokho
EMAIL: biliartmajokho@outlook.com

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