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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: "khaleel salam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <salamk1973@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2015 17:10:06 -0000
Subject: File No-QLS/8113

Dear friend,
How are you and your family? I hope you are fine with your family members.  My name is Khaleel Salam; A Syrian soldier and a member of operation sweep ISIS in Syria.
I am contacting you because I need your assistance for safe keeping of two boxes containing thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($13.500, 000.00 usd).  This transaction is 100% safe. There is no risk involved because I will register the boxes as military instruments and it will be deliver to you without any problem. I will explain further when you respond.
I promise to give you 30% of the total sum for your efforts. I hope the 30% will be ok for you to help me. kindly get back to me with a message to E-mail: salamk1973@gmail.com
I wait for your respond.
Regards,
Khaleel Salam

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