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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: MS NINA JOHNSON <ouattarasinan00@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ninamsjohnson@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2023 15:53:48 +0000
Subject: Re, Hello Dearest One

Hello Dear
How are you doing my dear?, with you are doing well and hope my mail
meets you in good health. Please do not be surprise to receive this
letter. hoping that by the grace of God you will successfully assist
me out from my situation after my seven days and fasting over seeking
for an guardians. I am Miss Nina Johnson, (20 years old) the only
daughter of (late chief Nado Johnson) who was a famous and wealthy
cocoa merchant based in Abidjan, the economic capital of ivory coast.

I am seeking for your urgent attention to help me transfer the sum of
(8,900,000.00) Eight million nine hundred united state dollar into
your nominated bank account oversea as an investments purposes, such
as real estates managements and stock markets. The fund was deposited
in fixed suspense account. please i am willing to offer you 20% out of
this my total fund as your commission for your urgent assistance to
me.

Please kindly contact me immediately for more important details
concerning this my Inherited money,

I am honorably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

(1) I will use it for investment purpose such as Music industries or
hotel management.
(2) To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to.
(3) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 20years.
(4) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and to secure a resident permit in your country.


Awaiting your immediate response in my private email so that i will
send some documents of prove and the contact of bank where my late
father deposited my inherited money,

Please Reply Me Back

i Pray that God will be with us


Yours Sincerely
Nina Johnson

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