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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: Keystone Ventures Nig <info.wallaceoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: keystone.ventures@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2014 15:17:54 -0700
Subject: PRAY FOR PEACE IN SYRIA

Hello my dear,

How are you and you family.
Firstly let me introduce myself I am Mrs. Aani Fatimah, a woman from
Syria and I lost my family in the chemical attack in Ghouta, around
the Syrian capital of Damascus. I survived the attack and I was taken
to UK by a UN peacekeeping team, where I'm currently staying in a
refugee camp.View the link
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-23927399.

Before the death of my late husband he has some fund to the tone of
GBP5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand British Pound
Sterling) which he deposited with a foreign bank, which my name
appears as the next of kin to the deposit. It is with great pleasure
that I received your response, because my aim of contacting you is for
you to assist me in redeeming the inheritance deposit of my late
husband with the bank.

I have contacted the bank for claim and withdrawal of my late
husband's fund deposit in their bank of but all effort proves
abortive, the bank manager told me that I am not legally qualify to
withdraw the fund because of my refugee status here in UK. As a
refugee, the bank manager advised me to look for a reliable foreign
partner who will stand on my behalf as a foreign representative to
assist me in the transfer of the GBP5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five
Hundred Thousand British Pound Sterling) in his or her bank account
anywhere in the world.

After fasting and praying here in the refugee camp for a reliable
partner I made up my mind to contact you so I can present you to the
bank as my foreign partner who will stand on my behalf and help me to
receive the GBP5,500,000.00 (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand
British Pound Sterling) into his bank account in your country or
anywhere around the world. Remember that you can use any account
during the application process even an account with zero credit
balance.

I will come over to your country to meet with you face to face
immediately the bank transfers the fund into your bank account and I
would like to go into business partnership with you but I'm not
business incline, you will have to look for any profitable business
where the funds will be invested into that is well known to you.

I will give you 15% of the total fund as enumeration for your services
and help while the balance shall be our investment capital for the
propose business partnership with you.

It is due to the trust and confidence that I have repose on you that
made me to disclose this matter to you, and I believe that am safe in
your hand, nobody knows what I have and where I am, please I am asking
you for my safety and security purpose to keep this communication very
private and secret, I know that Allah will see us through.confirm your
names in details, date of birth, sex, cell phone number, house address
and occupation so I can a pre-knowledge of whom am talking with.

Please reply this mail urgently and indicate your readiness to help me.

Best wish for peace profound.


Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Aani Fatimah
E-mail: mrs.aani_fatimah@outlook.com

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