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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 Sayuri Yoshiko who56donprince@gmail.com
Reply-To: who56donprince@gmail.com
Date: 1 Dec 2021 19:46:20 +0100
Subject: From Mrs Sayuri Yoshiko


Good day

Greetings to you in the name of our heavenly God. This mail might
come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it could
come into your mind, but please, consider it as a Divine Wish of
God and accept it with a deep sense of humility. My Name is Mrs
Sayuri Yoshiko. I escaped tsunami disaster some years ago which
affected my spinal cord, my ear drum and claim my entire family,
my husband and two sons.
It might shock you to know, I was eventually disabled as a result
of catastrophe that struck me. Perhaps I’m now on a wheelchair
after all form of treatment and to no avail. Because of my
present condition I finally decided to give a better life to the
poor in the society, since it has determine medically that I have
only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

It is my legacy to build charity organizations for the less
privilege since my health has finally confirmed deteriorated. In
my present condition this project cannot be executed by me alone
due to my
ailment, so therefore I need your candid voluntarily support to
execute the project to make this dream a reality. I have decided
to invest my $10,000,000 USD to help the less privileged,
therefore you are
chosen from my heart to help receive the funds from where it was
kept secretly to build charity organizations for the less
privilege to have some better life. You will be rewarded with 20%
from the total sum for fronting the project for me.

Please I will appreciate if you can indicate interest to help
actualize this last dream. Therefore also include your contact
telephone/fax numbers, including personal details to be forwarded
to my representative who is correctly taking care of the funds
where its deposited
As i earlier told you, my ailment will not permit me to
participate in the project, that's the reason why, i am
dedicating you to my representative who will oversea the
transaction from the start to the end.

He will also provide you all the necessary documents that will
enable you claim the funds.

Looking forward hearing from you soon.

Remain blessed,
Mrs. Sayuri Yoshiko

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