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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 message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: SHEIKH AHMAD MOAZ AL-KHATIB <samasyria.live@live.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 16:35:06 +0100
Subject: REPLY NOW.
Greetings,
My name is Sheikh Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib leader of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces. We have a very serious problem that need an urgent attention which I believed you can urgently handle for us. Our difficulty is, we have huge funds that we channeled to a bank in your country. We have just concluded at the meeting today that we should contact a citizen of the country to receive the funds for us from the bank that was while we are contacting you because the funds is not to delay in the custody of the bank. There is no risk involve in this matter. Reply me now to enable me to give you full narrative of the funds and the bank in your country that we have the funds. We pledge to reward you reasonably. Reply immediately.
Sheikh Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib
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