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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: "Mrs Sabeen Nizar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.sabeen@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 31 May 2014 03:21:19 +0100
Subject: Hello my dear !!

Hello my dear!!
 
May my letter be not a supprise message to you, I am Mrs Sabeen Nizar from Allepo- Syria and also a reputable woman in Syrian government who completely condemns the evil of Bashar al-Assad’s government, a leader who had bent Syrian people to be under his regime when average people survive with $3 per day. The government is led by President Bashar Al-Assad, who's been in office since 2000.He took over from his father, Hafez al-Assad, who ruled from 1971 until his death.The Syrian Arab Republic's major exports are. Oil, cotton, meat,wheat, fruits and vegetables in 
the entire surface of this earth but the citizens live in poorest condition according to international standard. Please I need your urgent help as Bashar Al-Assad's has continued to torment entire population and kill those who were in his administration that denounce continuity.
I am writing this mail to you to see if you could help me to keep this money with you for my Kids as most of our house and assets has been taken by Bashar al-Assad's loyalist, with unending torture and killings. I am afraid if I could survive this situation more but in case anything happens to me 
I would like you to help me keep my $7.5 million for my 2 kids, I have only 2 kids. I might not survive this situation aftermath. I had successfully packaged the money into a suitcase and locked it. I have a relationship with one of United Nations delegates who came to destroy the Government's Chemical weapons, and he had successfully secured the box out of Syria with the advantage of his personality,and now awaiting for my directives on where he could deposit the  box  For me as I am unable to come long and collect my consignment from his due to the situation across all the Syria Borders. All the same I have told him to deposit the box to my in any reliable security company is the UK and kindly send me all the documents covering the deposit and with my name as a beneficiary.If you could help me I will give you more details and instruct the UK company to deliver the box directly to you as my situation here in Syria is not permitted to come to UK to claim the deposi! t and meanwhile its content is for
 
Great regard
Mrs Sabeen Nizar

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