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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. Julia Margaret Flesher Koch" <murokosi@apost.plala.or.jp>
Reply-To: mrsjuliamargaretflesher01@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 13:17:01 +0900
Subject: Donation of $5,500,000.00 USD for you and your family

CONGRATULATIONS;

My name is Julia Margaret Flesher Koch I am an American socialite and philanthropist, the wife of David Hamilton Koch who was an American businessman, political activist, philanthropist, and chemical engineer. I believe strongly in giving while living . My philosophy about life is that you should use your wealth to help people and I have decided to secretly give US$5,500,000.00USD to randomly selected individuals worldwide 2024.

On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random.

Kindly get back to me at your earliest convenience, so i know your email address is valid.

Contact E-mail: mrsjuliamargaretflesher01@gmail.com

Note: if you found this email in your junk/spam, it's because of your internet IP server, and if you have received this email before do me a favor to reconfirm the validation of your email again because i did a system update and i lost some of my contacts. thanks for understanding.

Visit the web page to know more about me: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Koch

Best Regards
Mrs. Julia Margaret Flesher Koch

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