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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: "Mr.Julius gull" <umarugodwin599@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yentchabreyendoukoi@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2021 11:04:33 +0000
Subject: FOR YOUR VISA CARD.

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transffered under the cooperation of a new partner from Japan.
Presently i'm in Japan for an investment projects with my own share of
the total sum meanwhile,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts
to assist me in transffering those funds despite that it failed us
somehow.

Now contact my secretary his name is YENTCHABRE YENDOUKOI,his e-mail
is yentchabreyendoukoi@gmail.com, /ask her to send you the total 1.2 MILLION
DOLLARS (ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) VISA CARD which
i raised in your favour 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 and get intouched with my
financial secretary YENTCHABRE YENDOUKOI and give him your address
where to send the VISA CARD to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the sufferness at that time.in the moment,i'm 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 financial secretary on your behalf to receive that
money,so feel free to get intouch with YENTCHABRE YENDOUKOI without
any dellay.

Contact E-Mail Address ( yentchabreyendoukoi@gmail.com )

Best Regards
Mr Julius Gull.

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