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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: "Engr. Mustapha Yakubu" <jphilips891@gmail.com>
Reply-To: engr.mustayakubu@gmx.us
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2021 04:19:30 -0700
Subject: GOOD NEWS

Dear friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner
from Denmark who is an international business man. Presently I'm in
Indonesia for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow.
Now contact my secretary with this information below:

Name: Mullen Jessica
Email: m.jessi@hotmail.com
Phone: +234 901 959 0139

Ask her to send you the total sum of $1,500.000.00 USD (One million,
five thousand USD) which I kept for your compensation for all the past
efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much. So, feel free to get In-touch with my
secretary Mullen Jessica and instruct her 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 sufferings at that time.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which I 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 Mullen Jessica, and she
will send the amount to you without any delay.

Best regards
Engr. Mustapha Yakubu
Director Operations

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