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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: "Abraham Yohannan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <yohannan.abragam@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 May 2016 12:17:09 +0300
Subject: WE NEED YOUR HELP

Dear Friend,


Calvary greetings to you in the precious name of the Almighty God. I know this mail will come to you by surprise but it is through divine intervention I have contacted you as a result of my quest to look for a trustworthy individual who will assist us.


My name is Abraham Yohannan a Christain and Syria refugee residing in Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, I am my Sister need your help to travel out of here, my late dad was a real estate businessman, we had estates in Aleppo before the war, my Father and Mother was killed during the war, leaving me and my sister alone, we are here in Jordan trying to find our way out of here.


As the war started our Father had secretly saved the sum of $4,800,000.00 (Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars)with a Dubai based private safe deposit company.


What we need from you is to help us receive the fund and then make arrangements for us to travel to your Country to live, buy an apartment and start small business with the money; we are ready to give 10% of the fund to you for your assistance.


If you will be ready to help us, do get back to me so that I can give you more information’s on this.


Waiting your urgent response


Best Regards


Abraham Yohannan

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