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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. Arwa Qamar" <fhjmrs@aol.fr>
Date: Sun, 13 Mar 2016 18:02:30 -0400
Subject: contact me here: mrsarwa1@gmail.com


As-Salaam-Alaikum, Read it carefully and contact me here: mrsarwa1@gmail.com

I am Mrs Arwa Qamar The wife of Mr Qamar Muhammad the Owner of Sweid Co.For Trading, in Aleppo, in Syria (Established in 1963 and it is one of leading importers of Ceylon tea in Syria before my husband death.) .And the company fell into bankruptcy during the war, Due to the political conflicts, I am unable to move my family budget out of Syria unless it will be captured by rebel forces. It is about an amount of 5.8 Millions USD. And this money represents my husband company's funds and also my family's budget. My extreme emergency situation forces me to find the faster a partner to receive the funds into his bank account until my arrival in his country with my children. So I would like to request your help to receive these funds into your bank account in safe until my arrival to your country with my family.

For this, please, provide me some information’s about you. Please, know that after the transaction of my money into your bank account, I will reward you with 10 % of the total amount for all your services regarding my crisis situation.

Reply me urgently to my private email below. I'm waiting to read you in order to start the procedure.
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Sincerely,

Mrs. Arwa Qamar
Owner & Ceo of Sweid Co. Syria (Damascus)
Email: << mrsarwa1@gmail.com >>
Website: http://www.sweidco.com/

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