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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Senam" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <senamrajha1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:43:45 +0100
Subject: EMAIL
Goodday my Dear,
I`m Mrs Senam Rajiha the only survived child to the late General Dawoud Rajha the former defense Minister of Syria who was killed in the explosion by the rebals in my country.
Meanwhile,He was among the most powerful and visible members of Syria’s Christian minority group, which Mr. Assad has counted to help maintain his power.
My father General Rajha was hastily announced as the successor to Gen. Ali Habib Mahmoud, but he was killed after some months as a defense minister of Syria.
Because of the death of my father i`ve been in a refugee camp but things has not been that easy with me, so am appealing to you for an assistance to invest the funds that i inherited from my father in to a real estate investment under your care because am too young to handle what he left for me.
Do send me your reply if you are interested to assist me invest this money and i assure you %20 of the total amount for your kind assistance.
looking forward to read from you and may God almighty bless you as you assist me.
Your`s
Senam Rajiha
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