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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. Suha A"<payton@cableone.net>
Reply-To: suhaarafat@dr.com
Date: Wed, 05 Aug 2015 12:06:26 +0800
Subject: I need your help,

Dear One,

How are you doing? I am contacting you from Palestine, I am the wife of the former Palestinian leader, I need a capable person from out-side my
country to handle and manage fund amount of US$9.100.000 for me, the money was deposited into my account by my husband as a family treasure for the future of my Daughter but now the new leader is demanding me to declare all my assets after the demise of my late husband, they have
seized all my investment here in Palestine and my companies in Tunisia, all my documents are being seized.

I can not travel out of this country for now that is why I contacted you. I want you to help me invest the fund in your country under the name of my Daughter which I will make known to you once you are in custody of the fund, I am ready to offer you %20 of the total sum. If you are willing, Contact me immediately with my private email address (suha.arafat@dr.com) by sending your address, your identity proof and phone number. As soon as I receive these details from you, I will disclose information about the fund to you.

Thank you
Mrs. Suha A

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