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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" <mohammedabacha38@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ccccaaaa002@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2022 06:45:17 +0100
Subject: ARE YOU WILLING?

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To My Kind Friend,

Please this is the second time I contacted you but didn't respond?
Greetings my good friend, it is my pleasure to communicate with you
via this platform so consider it a Divine Wish. My Name is Sayuri
Yoshiko; I am a deformed woman on a wheelchair suffering from LIVER
AND INTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT CANCER, for past 5years without favorable
result.

Do not regard this email as one of the common unsolicited email or
false business invitations in the world today. I am a dying cancer
woman my doctor just told me I will die in few months time I should
give my life to Christ for God to accept my soul. I am fully convinced
you will be of good help so I need to channel my $10.6M USD meant for
investments for charity. It takes a minute, an hour or even a day to
know somebody to establish everlasting relationship with truth and
honesty. It’s from the bottom of my heart I placed this responsibility
in your care to establish, and manage the project, since I will not be
present in day-to-day running of the activities, due to my inability
to function. I will appreciate a good everlasting trusted relationship
even after I die without cheating, lying or sabotaging the project.
Please make this a confidential for now; I will appreciate you for
acceptance to help actualize this last dream. You can provide me your
personal details to furnish the deposited firm where the funds are
kept to contact you for delivery by my instructions. I will provide
you a letter of authorization written and signed by me along with
certificate of deposit which will enable you claim the funds.

Please tell me more about yourself perhaps I will like to position you
quickly as my beneficiary before I die, so here is my alternative
email kindly get back to me here E-mail: mmkgfs012@gmail.com

Remain blessed

Mrs. Sayuri Yoshiko

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