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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. Mohammad Charits" <ebukaemmanuel4u@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Mohammadcharits@firemail.eu
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2021 14:28:43 +0100
Subject: God directed me to you, please is urgent

Greetings,

I know this email will be a thing of surprise to you.

I have been in search of someone with this name ( Kimura ) and when i
saw you online, i was very happy to contact you immediately.
Especially you not knowing me surprising you with such a business deal
which is highly strict and confidential.

On this day I ask You to grant this request, may I have the strength
to stand tall in the face of conflict and the courage to speak my
voice. Even when i am scared may i have the humility to follow my
heart and the passion to live my soul's desires. May i seek to know
the highest truth and dismiss the gravitational pull of my lower self.

My Name is Mr. Mohammad Charits, a National of Indonesia and i worked
with Bank SBI as an General accountant before my retirement. I have a
customer who i supervised as his account officer with Bank SBI
Indonesia and unfortunately his among those in last plane crash that
took place at Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737 left Jakarta with 62 people on
board, but vanished from the radar on its way to Borneo island on
Saturday 11 Jan 2021.

You can please, feel free and click below to read and understand.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-55614074

He left his $45.8 Million United State Dollars with Bank SBI Jakarta
Indonesia and my aim of contacting you is i found out you have a
similar last name with him which i can use you as his sibling to claim
the funds easily.

Be informed that we are going to share the Funds equal, 50% will get
to you and 50% will come to me.

I assure you if you follow my directives we will achieve our aim.

I will be waiting your respectable response.


Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Mohammad Charits

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