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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: "Ms Anissa Mona Al Munajjed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fazalxiim@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Sep 2015 02:25:33 -0700
Subject: Re: Behandeln Sie sehr dringend !!!! ( Aus Syrien )


Hello and Good Day,

Dear Sir,

Diving to your perceived confidentiality and viability as an individual and courtesy of World Business Directory that made me I got your contact for am only requesting your sincere assistance to rescue me and my family for this physical psychological torture, With genuine and sincere intention I have some information’s that I will like to share with you regarding intention to invest a very huge big sum amount of Untied State Million Dollars into your country for serious investment. Kindly indicate your interest urgently by sending an email back to me on my private email address: (fazalxiim@outlook.com) to get full further modalities.

Thanks.

Yours faithfully,

Ms Anissa Mona Al Munajjed

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Hallo und guten Tag,

Lieber Herr,

Tauchen , um Ihren wahrgenommen Vertraulichkeit und Lebensfähigkeit als Individuum und mit freundlicher Genehmigung der World Business Directory, das machte mich Ich habe Ihre Kontaktdaten , für mich nur anfordert Ihre aufrichtige Unterstützung für mich und meine Familie für diese physikalischen psychologische Folter zu retten, mit echten und aufrichtigen Absicht, ich habe einige Informationen ist , dass ich gerne mit Ihnen in Bezug auf die Absicht , eine sehr große Summe riesige Menge von Untied Staat Million Dollar in Ihr Land für ernsthafte Investitionen zu investieren teilen. Freundlich zeigen Sie Ihr Interesse dringend per E-Mail zurück zu mir auf meiner privaten E-Mail- Adresse: ( fazalxiim@gmail.com ) auf volle weiteren Modalitäten erhalten .

Vielen Dank.

Hochachtungsvoll,

Frau Anissa Mona Al Munajjed

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