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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 Jamal Jurdi <msjamajurdi@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2016 02:14:30 +0000
Subject: Re:HELLO HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY.

Good day,

I am Ms Jamal Jurdi Lebanese origin., I serve under the United
Nations department of safety
and security (UNDSS) in Syria, I and my second in command came across
some money that was parked in a trunk box and the

money is worth over $ 13 million, in one of President Bashar al-Assads
allies house and we have moved the money out to a

security and delivery office as a medical equipment, but we are
looking for a trust worthy person that we can trust the

above said money with him or her for safe keeping pending when we are
going to finish our contract or duty here in Syria.

If you can be of a help kindly get back to us through this Email, and
if you are not ready for the assistance please and

please do not let this be known to the world as this may bring
division among us in our department. If my English is not good please
try to understand me and be of kind assistance to us.
NAME IN FULL:................................
ADDRESS:.......................................
NATIONALITY:...................................
AGE:.............................................
OCCUPATION:......................................
PHONE............................................

Thanks yours sincerely,
Ms Jamal Jurdi

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