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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: Mrs.Yamamoto Aishrehman<phickey@scpag.com>
Reply-To: yamamotoaishrehman@gmail.com
Date: 11 Aug 2021 08:54:08 -0700
Subject: Mrs.Yamamoto Aishrehman

My name is Mrs.Yamamoto Aishrehman , I am from Japan ," i'm a
physical therapist but i dedicated and sacrifice my work for the
sake of humanity to help the poor, orphans and less privileges
around the globe .I believe that God almighty will reward our
generosity ,I have lived a life of affluence but I'm yet to find
true happiness because I was not able to achieve these things
that I loved most, i'm married to Mr. Mark Simmons a British
citizen who is an international realtor and also a business
investment analyst but he died in a car crash, we've been married
for 25 years without a child.

Am sick and dying , I'm suffering from a severe esophageal cancer
and it has spread throughout my body and my doctor said that I
will not be able to survive the illness looking at the extent of
damage it has done to my body system ,my illness was not
discovered on time because of carelessness or rather how it was
meant to be, l have only two month to live, i contacted you
because God directed me to you and my heart accept you . Before
my husband died he sold all his foreign properties and
investments and deposited the sum of $4,300,000.00 US Dollars in
a Turkish bank and l inherited this money from my late husband
because am his next of kin, i want to make you my next of kin and
you will inherit this money and fulfill my last generous wish
before i die because my health condition is deteriorating.

I want you to donate 60% of the fund to any charity organization
of your choice and you can use 40% of the fund to help yourself
and invest in any profitable business that can bring good income
to you, If you will honor my last wish then my soul will be at
peace when I finally depart from this world, i will write to my
Attorney for him to be aware of my intentions to make you my next
of Kin only if you will accept this offer with a kind heart. My
Attorney is ready to swear an Affidavit and Change of Ownership
Certificate to make you the legitimate beneficiary to the fund
$4,300,000.00 USD . I need to confirm your willingness, readiness
and commitment, because the bank where this money was deposited
promised me that the money will be transferred to anyone chosen
by me to be the new legitimate beneficiary .

All I need is for you to assure and promise me that you will use
this money according to my wish if this money is transfer to you
, feel free to go into this with me and any long term delay to
reply me will make me to look for another individual for the same
purpose , i'm hoping to receive your reply so that i can go ahead
and tell you what to do and how to receive the fund, your
response will be highly appreciated .

Thank you and God bless .
Mrs. Yamamoto Aishrehman
E-mail: yamamotoaishrehman@gmail.com

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