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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.Connie Dutton" <mrsconniedutton2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: karmanefiong@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2015 22:24:22 +0000
Subject: My name is Karman Efiong from Aleppo city, Syria

My Dear,

My name is Karman Efiong from Aleppo city, Syria.I hope you will be
kind enough to read and reply my letter even though we never meet
each before. I escaped from Syria last week with my only surviving
son.I find myself in a country name Togo in Africa. This is the only
possibility because almost all the countries of Europe are tired of my
country,Syria .

I lost my entire family in this on going war, my mother,my father,my
two daughters and my husband who is a colonel with the Syrian army.

Life does not mean anything again to me without all these people. I
fled Syria because because another dangerous group the ISIS is coming
closer to over run Syria .The world does not even know what is
happening inside Syria.People are killed everyday with women and young
girls raped by the terrorists fighting to overthrow our president.

Can you assist me and my son to relocate to your country? I also need
to invest my late husband's money with your assistance.My late husband
left behind $6 million and no other person knows about this except me
and my son who survived this war.This money is a cash money because no
bank is working in my city so we moved the cash to a safe finance
company.

I need your assistance to receive and invest this money.I will be
ready to part you with 30% for as long as you can assure me of our
safety in your country.If you are capable to handle this money kindly
reply to enable me give you more details on how to move the money to
you.Even if you are not capable do let me know as well to enable me
seek for another person. Use the email above.

Kindly treat this letter secret because we learn t that there was
plans by EU and UN to size money traced to loyalists of our president
after the war.This is all we have left.

God bless you.

Mrs.Karman Efiong.

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