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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: yoshiko Azumi <yoshikoazumi09@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yoshikoazumi9@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2021 15:54:20 +0300
Subject: Hello

Hello, Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet
your business or personal ethics, would like to have a good
relationship with you, and have a special reason why I decided to
contact you because of the urgency of my situation here. I write you
this letter from a sorrowful and emotional Laddered soul, that needs
compassion from a kind and good-spirited person to carry out my last
wishes and I will very much appreciate it.  I swear with my life and
promise you that you will not regret this day,  as long as your heart
is pure and sincere

Am Mrs. Yoshiko Azumi the wife of the late Mr. Alexandra Smith. I am
Japanese. My husband worked with  Canadian Embassy for eleven years
before he died in a fatal motor accident. after his death in the year
2013, I decided not to re-marry,

We were married for ten years without a child. My late husband
deposited the sum of $8.3million dollars with a bank in Turkey. bank
management recently wrote me as the heir to come and sign for the
release of this fund or issue a letter of authorization to somebody to
receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer. My health condition has gotten worse and just
two weeks ago my doctor informed me that my condition has reached a
critical stage and that I have just 3 months left. This confirmation
from my doctor was and still is devastating news; it is hard to know
that you have just a little time left to live here.
 It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charity organizations/poor people. Because my husband relatives and
friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot
live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of
them.

Please, I'm seeking an honest person who will get the Funds from the
bank and use 60% for charity organizations and keep the remaining 40%
for Himself. I came across your email while making research about
AMERICAN medicine on google and I saw your account, and my spirit
pushed me to contact you for help. I took this decision because I
don't have any child that will inherit this money and I don't want my
husband's hard-earned money to be misused by his greedy relatives.

   The best part of it is that the paying bank told me in the letter
that they can have the funds released to any approved person that was
authorized by me. so that the funds will be transferred to his or her
bank account anywhere in the world. What I seek is a kind and
good-spirited person who will carry out my last wishes and before I
wrote to you today, I prayed and my spirit gave me the confidence to
send you this message. I took this decision before I rest in peace
because my time will soon be up. As soon as I receive your reply, I
will give you the contact information of the paying Bank with
instructions on how and whom to contact in regard to this matter at
hand. I will also issue you a letter of authority, that will prove you
as the original- beneficiary of this said fund. I want you to always
pray for me because God is my shepherd. All I need from you is a
confidential assurance that the funds when received by you, will be
used for the said purpose. Nowadays, it is difficult to trust, but I
don’t know why my spirit still accepts and approves me to message you
about this because I do not want someone who will run away with my
money, and not fulfill my wishes. You are the first and last person I
will contact about this matter. Please, assure me that you will accept
accordingly, I await your urgent reply.

Regards,
Mrs. Yoshiko.

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