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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: Miss Flora Erica <family01family@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: flora1erica@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 04:23:29 +0200
Subject: Hello My Dear,


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Hello Dear,

My Greetings to you I am Miss Flora Erica. living in Ivory Coast,
Please If you won’t mind I will like to invest this money in your
country through you after knowing ourselves very well, The Amount is
$4.4 MILLION DOLLARS, and be assured It is genuine fund from my late
father, and I have Decided to settle down happily in your country with
these money, that is why I am contacting you today, After going
through your profile on this google site, Till I hear from you for
more details,

Thanks Yours
Miss Flora Erica

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