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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: Fares Chehabi <Chehabifa@outlook.com>
Reply-To: cf556679@foxmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 04:31:17 -0800
Subject: Greeting from Syria,



--
Greeting,

Dear Friend, My names are Mr. Fares Chehabi,The head of chamber and
commerce in Aleppo Syria. The full-blown civil War here in my country
have killed over 190,000 people since 2011,The IS militants have
resorted to robbing Banks to finance their terror and with the
launching of air strikes against Islamic State group by US and
Australia fighters using fighter jets, bombers and Tomahawk cruise
missiles.


The country is under siege and that was why I contacted you to assist
me transfer my fund from the Gulf Bank in Syria
to your country. The insurgents stepped up their offensive close to
the Turkish border last month, seizing surrounding villages; I am
currently in Kobani hoping that we will find a way to cross over to
Turkey.

I wait for your urgent response.


Chehabi.


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