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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: Nathaniel Koffi <olorunteleesther2001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 May 2022 22:11:07 +0100
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?S_U_C_C_E_S_S_=E2=80=93_A_L_E_R_T?=

I am ravished to convey you the message of our successful business, it
came through the alliance of a Japanes Business man.

Confessing your amazing abutment both morally and financially, it is
bad to leave you without blessings, this is because you made this
success viable, regardless of the fact that you were not there to
round off the business with me but I gave the entire encomium to you.I
know it wasn’t your wish to back up, I understood it was simply
because of what you must have heard about proposals from my continent
particularly Benin Republic. Actually there are still good ones, like
myself.

I am obliged to repay you with a Draft worth of US5M.(Five Million US
Dollars) I left the Draft with my attorney Mr. Dousu Dorji, when I was
on my way to Japan. I would like you to contact him on the below
information so that he can release your Draft to you.

Attn: Mr. Dousu Dorji
Email: dousudorji@outlook.com

Get in tough with my Attorney in Cotonou through his above email so
that he can release your Draft to you. I will stop here. Once again,
thank you very much and remain blessed.

Regards
Nathaniel Koffi

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