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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: "Fatima Maryam Rasheed" <fatima_maryam2009@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: fatima_maryamrasheed@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2006 17:04:55 +0400
Subject: From Fatima Maryam Rasheed:I Need Your Help.

Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am Fatima maryam Rasheed, I am a businesswoman in Lebanon and Iraq is where I am from to be precise, due to the problem with my country I have lost almost all the things that I have spent all my time to build. My husband Mr. Khalid Rasheed was involved in a bomb blast as Israel seems to be firing missiles into my country.

I am the only wife of my husband and we had no child together, his business was crippled too in this resent bombardment so there is nothing left for me to survive on, our house and other properties were destroyed the Israeli are taking advantages of the civilians in Lebanon.

I went back to my wrecked house to check for some little valuables like diamonds and gold in my jewel box but non was recovered, I came across my husband diary and I found out that there is a huge sum of money (Jordanian Security company) and also in a United Arab Emirates Security Company in Dubai, $26.5 million USD in where he kept all the best sum of money that would give me a new life as soon as Beirut and Israel settle their conflicts.

I am a newly wedded wife and we performed a traditional wedding which most court in the Arab world recognizes but there is no document signed in court that is where I have a problem in claiming my husband money from the Dubai security company as they are requesting for the prove and certified papers that will make me entitled to his will.

I met a layer who promised to assist me but I need some one from abroad with a valid account to receive the money as we are going to get it back through transfer, someone whom the lawyer can arrange to be my husband business partner that lends money to my husband to start his business. As soon as all papers are processed by my later husband lawyer the whole some will be sent to you in your home country and you will send it to me in Damascus where I am staying with a friend's family.

Your share of the whole transaction is 35% of the total sum; you can take your share then send the remaining to me since I have no better chance of getting the money directly from here. I don't mean to act in this form but recovering my late husband money by any means possible is better than allowing the security company to use it for their own interest. Please do let me know your concern as life is Damascus is not too interesting but it's the place I can still stay for now until I get my 45% from you.
Thanks and I pray Allah will bless you as you are trying to assist me to recover what my late husband had suffered to gather.


Sincerely,

maryam .f. Rasheed.


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