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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: Mrsamira fawziHaji <mrsamirafawzi_haji@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Jun 2007 09:49:12 +0100
Subject: Assistant needed from Mrs Amira Fawzi Haji.



Assalamu alaikum,

I am Mrs Amira Fawzi Haji, Ukraine is where I am from to be precise but got married to an Iraqi man, who have been nice and faithful to me, due to the problem in Lebanon I lost Mr. Khalid Rasheed my husband who was involved in a bomb blast as Israel seems to be firing missiles into Lebanon during the time of that crisis. 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, he kept in a (SECURITY FIRM IN EUROPE) $7.2 million in where he kept all the best sum of money that would give me a new life as soon as I come out of this camp. Presently, I am in YARMOUK (UNOFFICIAL REFUGEE CAMP) is unofficial home to the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria, where the United Nations brought us for safety’s really need your help to contact Barrister.mohammed Arshid, he is our family lawyer and now resides in Uk, so I gave him the documents of the deposited money, to help me look for someone reliable, who will help me. receive this fund in to his personal account.
His contact information.
Name: Barrister Mohammed ArshidE-mail:mrmohammedarshid@yahoo.co.uk Your share of the whole transaction is 25% of the total sum while 5% will be set as for any expenses you might incur at the cause of the transaction and 5% will be for charity, which will be done as soon as the funds gets to you, since I have no better chance of getting the money directly from here. Thanks and I pray Allah will bless you as you are trying to assist me to recover what my late husband had suffered to get. You can still contact me with my email for more clarification on, Email: mrsamirafawzi@yahoo.com Sincerely,
Mrs Amira Fawzi Haji.
Assistant needed from Mrs Amira Fawzi Haji.
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