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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: Aisha Khosravi <a.khos@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 09:19:20 +0000
Subject: RE: KHOSRAVI


Greetings,
I am Jafaryasl Hamideh, the surviving kin of the just executed Iranian business man Mahafarid Amir Khosravi, You can view more details on this here : http://news.yahoo.com/iran-billionaire-executed-over-2-6b-bank-fraud-104949782.html
I am writing to you because of your position and my believe that you can be able to assist and trust you in this. Due to the political circumstances surrounding the nascent his execution , i have been in hiding all the while leading to this and i am writing to you as regards your assistance in moving the funds totaling $1,600,000 USD which was entrusted to me not knowing that his life will be put to an end wickedly without even informing his lawyers.
I have been able to move the funds to Thailand through a diplomatic means to avoid traces. I got an information from the company in Thailand where the funds where deposited that due to the nascent political crises and coup in Thailand that it will be in my best interest to move the funds out of Thailand for proper keeps.
The company handling this is well known to be against the military take over and coup and that i may stand to lose all the funds if i don't make a swift move to remove the funds from Thailand before the military clamp down starts.
This is where you come in, i am appealing for your trust to handle and receive this funds on my behalf pending when i will be able to sort myself out fully and hopefully meet up with you so i can be able to start up my life afresh again with my share of this funds as we will agree upon. Please do write back to me with your stance on this so i can give you the details as required because time is not on our side.
Thanks and may you be blessed.
Hamideh

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