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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. Josef Dovah" <jo.may0009@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 13:36:03 +0100
Subject: Important Business

Greetings

I am sorry for intruding into your privacy but It will be very good if
you can consider to partner with me in this business.

INTRODUCTION: I am the Credit Manager Foreign Trade Bank Cambodia and
in one way or the other was hoping you will cooperate with me as a
partner in a project of transferring an abandoned fund of a late
customer of the bank worth of €5.800,000 Euro (five million,eight
hundred thousand Euros).

This will be disbursed or shared between both of us in these
percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.

I await your response with your full names, telephone, home or office
address so that we can commence on this project as soon as possible.

Reply to this Email: josef.dovah1@outlook.com

Regards,
Mr. Josef Dovah.

Credit Manager Foreign Trade Bank
Phnom Penh-Cambodia.

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