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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: "Mrs. Jamal Rajiha" <jamal_rajihaa@yahoo.co.jp> (may be fake)
Reply-To: jamal_rajiha@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:29:46 +0100
Subject: Hello From Mrs. Rajiha of Syria

My dear how are you doing,

I am Mrs. Jamal Rajiha the wife of the late Syrian Defense Minister Gen. Daoud Rajiha who was assassinated along with two Government officials during Syria's top officials meeting on 19 July 2012 at the headquarters of the National Security Bureau in the capital Damascus.

Although you might have the knowledge of the sudden death of my husband through the BBC news link below

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18887190

I guess you have heard so many stories about him and also about the political uprising against President Assad since last year. Kindly watch this link it will also help you to understand me more, my late husband was secretly trying to defect to the opposition group before he was killed, there was no enough gap for him to defect to the Rebels side all his movements and activities were monitored by the regime intelligence which made it very difficult for us to flee the Country on time.

Now, I am trapped down here in Damascus, the western states have begun confiscating investments and assets belonging to the top officials of present government. You may have read similar news as

posted in the link below: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-18897218

I am seeking your immediate assistance in securing some of my late husband's wealth of physical cash valued Twenty million United States Dollars ($20,000,000.00 USD) which I parceled very well inside a suitcase to prevent the public awareness of the content. Honestly, there is no traceable link between this fund and the government both local and international.

For now, I need your urgent response because the money has been moved out of Damascus through a help of one the of United Nations humanitarian observers who were on humanitarian mission in Syria, the UN official assisted me by moving the fund out of Syria and his is now waiting for me out side Syria as our initial plan, but it is unfortunate that I cannot go out of Syria now because the level of the war at the moment, please contact me by email only NO TELE CALLS, to enable me give you the contact of the UN envoy who is waiting for me outside Syria for collection of my belongs. I have really disappointed him by failing to come along with him for him to hand over the funds to me outside Syria.


As it stands now upon my instructions to the UN agent the consignment would be handed over to you provided you can first assure me safety of the funds on your custody before my arrival to your country with my two children.

Above all am willing to offer you 30% of this total fund.

On your respond please do provide your full contact such as:
phone / full name / location to me.

Regards,
Mrs Jamal Rajiha



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