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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: Zeana Jameh <susan.mendy11@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Zeana Jameh <zeanajameh@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2014 07:22:54 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I am Zeana Jameh Please Urgent Response for More Details


 Hello Dear,

I am sorry to disturb your privacy, i am Zeana Jameh, The Daughter of late Major General Jameh Jameh, former the head of Syria's military intelligence, my late father  was the most senior military officer to be killed since four top officials, including defense minister General Daoud and the brother-in-law of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, General Assef Shawkat, died in a bomb attack on a cabinet meeting in Damascus in July 2012. Because of my father's sincerity, my father was killed by a sniper shot in the Reshdiya neighborhood of Deir Ezzour during clashes, on the October 18, 2013, and accusing him of supporting the government regime of President Bashar al-Assad, which my mother failed with heart attack after the death of my father and our only Son Allen, we flew down to India with my mother, with the help of my father's lawyer who assisted us because those that killed my father are after to kill me and my mother.

After the long battle of my mother illness which added with Stroke she later died up on 28th of December 2013, before her death in a private hospital here in India, she called me closed to her bed side, and told me about the two diplomatic boxes that was deposited in a safekeeping house here in India by my late father containing US Dollars $4.8 million (Four million Eight hundred thousand united states of American dollars only) With gold and other family valuables and he used my name as the next of kin to the deposit, and the original document of the deposit is intact. The fear of the money not raising eyebrows here in India due to they new government policy, i decided to contact you seeking for your help to claim the right ownership of the consignment box from the security company as my mother told me i should sick for a foreigner whom i trust move the two boxes on he/her name to a safer country where eve.

My main purpose of sending you this mail is because of the way i found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping the boxes to any address that you think it will be secure and save in your country for onward lodgement in your account and for the purpose of future investment, as soon as i come over to your country to met with you and to further my education, as i will like you to handle any investment we might invest this money, I want to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free as no other person knows about this box apart as i am writing to you now. Also the Security Company does not know the real content of the box was money according to my mother for security reasons, because it was deposited and declared as family valuables.

I will be waiting to hear from you as soon as possible for more details and contact me with my private Email Id : zeanajameh@gmail.com

Best regard

Miss. Zeana Jameh.

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