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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: Josiane Idriss <idrissjosianee@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mmeprivate@aol.fr
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 21:08:29 +0100
Subject: Re: From Josiane

i know that this letter may come to you as surprise, i came across your
email contact from my personal search and I decided to reveal this lifetime
secret to you, i prayed hard before i sent you this message, i am from
abidjan i work with lhasa Ivory Coast eight years ago as a business woman
dealing with gold exportation, my husband died some years back, his death
was politically motivated and my husband was a very rich and wealthy
businessman, he was running his cocoa timber plantation business and
dealing with gold exportation before his sudden death, i was not able to
managing all his business because i concisely develop high blood pressure
while already suffering from a long time cancer at age of fifty five years,
from all indication my condition is really deteriorating and my doctors
have courageously advised me that i may not live beyond the next one month,
this is because the cancer has reached a critical stage and i have only one
daughter at age of fifteen years old, i decided not to re- marry because of
my bad health so i am looking for a reputable foreigner that can guarantee
the future and education of my only daughter, before the death of my
husband he deposited the sum of $8,500,000 million dollar in the bank here,
he wanted to use the money to expand his cocoa business to other african
country before his sudden death, i want you to assist me in order to claim
the fund from the bank, the sum of eight million five hundred thousand
united states dollars as my late husband's foreign business partner, after
you have received the amount in your account, you will adopt my only
daughter to your country for continuation of her education, keep 25% of the
fund for compensation as for helping my only daughter and invest the rest
of 75% in my daughter's name. if you believe you are in a better position
to help me claim the fund from the bank please kindly revert back to me so
that i can link you up with the bank immediately.

contact me at josianeidrisss@gmail.com

with hope to hear from you

Josiane Idriss

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