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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: WESTERN UNION AGENT <dzolbernice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jessicamojoh809@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2021 04:32:02 -0700
Subject: Dear Good Friend.


Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Indonesia.
Presently I am in Indonesia for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to
assist me in transferring those funds despite the fact that it failed us
somehow. Now contact my secretary in Togo Lome his name is Mrs.Jessica Mojoh


Mrs.Jessica Mojoh.

Email: {jessicamojoh809@gmail.com}

Phone +228 93559661, Contact him and ask him to send you the total of
$920.000.00.{Nine Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars} which
I kept for your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciate your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in
touch with my Secretary Mrs.Jessica Mojoh and instruct him where to send
the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that
we can share the joy after all the suffering at that time. Do send to
Mrs.Jessica Mojoh, your contact details.

Your Full Names…...........................................

You’re Address…..............................................

Cell Phone Number…........................................

Your occupation................................................

Your Age….....................................................

To enable him to submit your details to my paying bank the Ned Bank Togo
Lome to wire your compensation money to your nominated bank account/Bank
Check or they can send to you an authorized bank atm master card to your
address for you to withdraw the money from any bank atm machine in your
country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which
me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had
forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money,
so feel free to get in touch with Mrs.Jessica Mojoh he will send the amount
to you without any delay.

Thanks and God bless you.

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