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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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Fraud email example:

From: "suha arafat" <suhaarafat200@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: suha2k2001@walla.com
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 00:30:47 +0000
Subject: dear friend

Dear friend,
I seek your permission to introduce myself to you.I am Mrs Suha Arafat,wife
of Yasser Arafat the late Palestinian ruler.
Before the death of my husband,I had to close my swiss bank accounts and
relocated the funds.I proceeded to deposit the money as valuables in
different private security companies for safe keeping.This I did when the
French Prosecutors started an inquiry into transfers I made into banks
accounts I have in France.
Please if you can assist in claiming this fund and investing it in your
country,contact me as quickly as possible along with your full name,contact
address and telephone number in order to give you the contact Information
of the security company in Europe.
At the successful collection of the fund,you shall be compensated with 25%
of the amount collected,5% shall
be set aside to pay for the expenses incurred in the process of the
collection and the balance 70% shall be
retained for the investment.
I count on your absolute confidentiality while looking forward to your
prompt reply.
See this website for more information:
www.blog-irish.com/suha.htm
Regards,
Suha Arafat .


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