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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: "feddagsafia@zipmail.com.br" <feddagsafia@zipmail.com.br>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2013 13:14:53 -0300
Subject: Hello my dear


Hello my dear
,
I appointed my name is Mrs Feddag Safia, I am Algerian nationality and I live in Iraq. I've been in this country for over 13 years and threw the service Mr. Nizar Hamboum. I role is to ensure the proper functioning of residence R Mosul take care And to all that is as invoices and charges a set. Somehow threw the butler and knowledge I several things that my teacher was and what's the he was exposed. Mr.Nizar had held several important positions in the country and the world was entier.Il 1993 R 1999 Ambassador Nations
Emirates to New York, foreign minister and deputy as its countries. He was a member influential in mediating relations between the United States and Iraq in the 1980s. He died Friday, July 5
2003 in New York at the center cancer Memorial Sloan-Kettering result of dune attack.
 I was asked by My master to follow the deposit in a surveillance society and preservation of private property, dun say a CSTA package of  trunk box contained  sum of $ 17.5 million dollars (seventeen million five hundred thousand dollars Americans). He asked me to perform this deposit in my name and make him the report because he wanted discretion and security for his goods. He asked me to deposit the box as a family asset for safety reasons and to avoid the bottom of problems with the government. Even the company is not aware  the contents of the box because the box was coded as a family asset and therefore private.
Before the war broke, my master asked me to take immediate contact the company to get out from the country because this box money was intended for investments in foreign countries. He wanted to build a hotel in Saudi Arabia. This is after accredited to the information society Mount them indicated they could be put the box in another  place but it will be in Africa or the base is more precisely Cote d ivoire. I have thanked God because i find you it was better for me and this country is not very far from my country and especially Algeria it is in Africa.
I come to you to ask for your assistance to help me Remove this trunk box out from the country to your country and  help me leave Iraq to meet  you in your country. I would like you to know every information about this money is on my position which i will forward to you as soon as you are willing to help claim the money and invest it in your country, meanwhile as long as i have been their service under this barbaric reign offered this country and I haven’t had anything like guarantee for my life and I'm tired of living my life as a slave . As GOD does not sleep he allowed that the property made in my possession and I am the only one who is informed of its existence. I want you know that ugly that you will bring me out of condition by claim this box in your country and you will receive 25% of the total total ($ 17.5 million). I hold all information and document the existence of this property. I would like you keep with you as you help me so that I communicated informa tion
on this property and the company where box has been in there custody you so that you can enter  contactwith  them to make you reach them
to claim the ($ 17.5 million). . I want you to know that a company CEST diplomatic will need an address were  they will deliver the box to in your country. be Aware that certificate deposition does not name the beneficiary and that he will be easy for you to remove this box because it is enough that you present yourself as the beneficiary
of this box.
I want everything that I told you remain secret to ensure my safety and the safety of the property. I haven’t any source communications that the computer laptop that  in my room. for more security please contact me
my email address
Here it is:safiafeddag@hotmail.fr

Thank you for your
understanding.
FEDDAG

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