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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: "Madam Maylin Himayor" <madam_maylin_himayor_02@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 01:16:50 +0100
Subject: My Dearest One?


My Dearest One, This is Madam Maylin Himayor from Trinidad - I am writing f=
rom the hospital in London , therefore this mail is very urgent as you can =
seethat I'm dying in the hospital which I don't know what tomorrow will be.=
I was told by my doctor that I was poisoned and has got my liver damaged a=
nd can only live for some months. I inherited some money ($10.7 Million)fro=
m my late father and I cannot think of anybody trying to kill me apart from=
my step mother in order to inherit the money, she is from Ghana bynational=
ity base in London. I want you to contact my servant with this information =
below: Servant: Mr.Chukwuma James Address: 28 Whitehall Court, London, SW1A=
2EJ, UK. Email : servantjameschukwuma28@outlook.com She will give you the =
documents of the money and will direct you to a well known lawyer that I ha=
ve appointed to her, the lawyer will assist you to change the documents of =
the money to your name to enable the bank transfer the money to you. This i=
s the favor I need when you have gotten the money :- (1) Give 20% of the mo=
ney to my servant Mr.Chukwuma James as she has been there for me through my=
illness and I have promised to support her in life. (2) Give 30% of the mo=
ney to handicap people and charity organization, then the remaining one is =
yours. If I don't hear from you, I will look for another person or an organ=
ization. Please do not forget to contact Mr.Chukwuma James May Almighty God=
bless you and use you to accomplish my wish. Pray for me always. Madam May=
lin Himayor

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