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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Khaled Retab" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <khaledretab@yahoo.com.vn>
Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:52:22 +0100
Subject: Message From (SYRIA)

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Khaled Rateb of Syria former personal assiatance to late Gen, Daoud
Rajiha,from Syria, due to the war in my country Syria which destroy everything.
I escaped as refugee now.

I don't want you to take my contact to you as a problem and give any
assistance to complete the project to your possession.

Please can read more on this link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-18889030

I want you to asist me secure USD19,300,000 to your possession for investment
in your country please kindly contact me back via email and I will give you
more details. Hopefully, we can do some good business together.

More details will be send to you when I receive your interest response.

Regards
Mr.Khaled Rateb

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