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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: "Fausat Al-Kamir" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fausat.alkamir07865@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 01:53:00 -0700
Subject: Urgent Please,,,,

Good-day Sir/Madam.

I am Mrs Fausat Al-Kamir,woman bassed in Damascus suburb in Syria. I got your contact after praying and fasting for
Allah's (God's) intervention, it is with that i wish to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.

Due to the situation here in in Syria, those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here, no stable government,bomb exp lotion at strategic places every now and then,sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack. Above all, the crisis in Syria now has made business activities totally paralleled for quite sometime now. For instance,no telephone facilities, no adequate security,infarct, almost all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent chemical weapons attack in Syria. Ever since then, the environment in Syria has never been conducive business-wise.

Please, why i need your assistance is that i have about (us$10.7000.000)Ten million Seven hundred united states Dollars.i inherited the money from my late husband who was a major general in Syria army in charge of purchase and maintenance in this Assad regime.

My intention is to move the money out of Syria and invest the money in stock market or real estate in your country with the help of an honest person who will work with me as my foreign associate.I want to invest most of the money abroad to avoid losing the money, because it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere of fear here in Syria, that's why i am
contacting you.

If you can honestly collaborate with me, I am ready to pay you up to 10% of the total amount if you can sincerely assist me to actualize this project soon, because the situation here in Syria is very critical, the everyday bomb explosion seems to have no end.

I wait patiently for your urgent response so I can give you more details on how to actualize this goal.

Best regards

Fausat Al-Kamir

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