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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.Natasha Comoh" <meettcristy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: natasha.comoh@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2021 05:09:16 -0700
Subject: My dear in the Lord,

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My dear in the Lord,

my name is Mrs.Natasha Comoh. I`m from Indonesia a gold merchant
who own a small gold Mine here in Burkina Faso, I am presently suffering
from a cancer of throat my attending medical Doctor practitioner has
just informed me that my days are counted because of my degraded
health,

my matrimonial situation is such as I do not have a husband and even
less children to whom I could (WILL) out my heritage to. that is the
reason I want to (WILL) out to you my heritage rising to a value of
$8.4Million USD with 25kg of gold, for the work of charity and helping
humanity

I count on your goodwill and especially the good use of these funds
for your endeavor and charity use for the help of disable people, I am
helpless to do so as a result of my degraded health I`m waiting for
your response to detail you on what to do.

Respectfully yours
Mrs.Natasha Comoh.

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