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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: Ms.Amira Rasheed. <amira.rasheed002@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: amira.rasheed001@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 23 Dec 2007 08:41:49 -0800
Subject: PLEASE MY DEAR ONE TREAT AS URGENT.





Assalamu alaikum my dear one.


I am Ms. Amira Rasheed, I am a business woman with my late husband in Lebanon =
and America 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 during the =
time Israel seems to be firing missiles into Lebanon, 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 where taking advantages =
of the civilians in Lebanon, that time.

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 (Financial =
institute) $4.5 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 settles 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 =
bank as they must requesting for the prove and certified papers that will =
make me entitled to his will.

I met a lawyer over here, who promised to assist me but I need someone from =
abroad with a valid and reputable account to handle it and receive the money =
as we are going to get it back through transfer, someone whom the lawyer can =
arrange to be my husband's business partner that loan the money to my husband =
to start his contracting business, Presently, I am in (YARMOUK [UNOFFICIAL =
REFUGEE CAMP) Yarmouk, which is an *"unofficial" camp, is home to the largest =
Palestine refugee community in Syria, it lies 8 kilometres from the centre of =
Damascus and is inside the city boundaries, although not recognized as a =
camp, the road signs read: Mukhayam al-Yarmouk (Arabic for Yarmouk camp) 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 apply 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, 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 in Damascus is =
not too simple and easy but it's the place I can still stay for now until get =
my 60% 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 get, you will reach =
me with this email address, amira.rasheed001@yahoo.co.uk

Sincerely.



Ms. Amira Rasheed.

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