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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 Zinab Ahmed." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrszahmed@mail.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2017 01:07:53 +1100
Subject: KINDLY REPLY QUICKLY,

Dear Sir,
 
My name is Mrs Zinab Ahmed, the wife of late Syrian opposition Leader Arif Ahmed who died three months ago at the Damascus Prison here in Syria. Could you believe that Immediately after the death of My husband three months ago, the Syrian government frozen all my late husband local and overseas bank accounts including every property in my late husband name leaving me and my entire family with nothing to live on and at the same time place me and my entire family under house arrest.
 
Please I need your assistance to help me retrieve the sum of  6.5 million dollars my late husband Deposited with a Security Firm in Uk in my name as the next of Kin into in your country so that the money can be deposited into your private bank account. I need you to help me secure this 6.5 million dollars before the Syrian  government  will have knowledge of it and frozen it the way they did to other of our properties. This is the only hope I and my entire family have to start a new life once again and I cannot afford to lose money to anyone. As soon as you help me secure this 6.5 million dollars, I will give you twenty Percent ( 20% ) of the total funds while the remaining eighty percent (80%) will be left for me and my family..
 
If you are interested to help me secure this 6.5 million dollars, do kindly provide me with the below stated information of yours for me to know exactly whom my funds is going to..
(1) Your Full Names
(2) Your Contact Address
(3) Your Contact Telephone number
(4) Your Age And What you Do For A Living
 
Once I receive the above stated information from you, I will quickly provide you with the comprehensive details of this 6.5 million deposit and also direct you on how to contact the Security Firm for immediate delivery of my funds to you.. Kindly get back to me at mt private email at: ( mrszahmed@mail.com )
 
Sincerely Yours,
Zinab Ahmed.

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