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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: ATTORNEY MOHAMMED YUSUF <rev.bobjamess@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yusufmohamedyusufmo@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 02:21:26 -0700
Subject: CAN YOU BE HONEST?

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FROM DESK OF ATTORNEY MOHAMMED YUSUF.
GOOD DAY DEAR,
I AM ATTORNEY MOHAMMED YUSUF. FROM NEW YORK,I WRITE TO LET YOU KNOW
MY LATE CLIENT MR. KIM YUNO WHO DIED BY COVID 19 LAST YEAR HAS
$60MILLION IN UBA BANK BUT THE BANK CONTACTED ME NOW TO PROVIDE NEXT
OF KIN TO LATE MR. KIM YUNO,TO ENABLE THEM RELEASE THIS $60MILLION TO
HIS NEXT OF KIN. SO I WANT YOU TO IF YOU CAN STAND AS MY LATE CLIENT
NEXT OF KIN? TO ENABLE THE BANK RELEASE THIS $60MILLION TO YOU.
GET BACK TO ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL mohammeyusufmohammed@gmail.com
ATTORNEY MOHAMMED YUSUF.

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