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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: "MARTA KACZNYSKI" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <madam.suha@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 07:25:55 -0700
Subject: I need your help dear,thanks am waiting for your answer

Hello dearest ,
Firstly , let me introduce myself to you dear brother , my name is Marta Suha Kaczynski and am from Polish in Warsaw city and my Mother Maria Kaczynski and my Father Mr. Lech Kaczynski were killed in a plane crash in Russian on 10th April 2010 and I am only survive person in my family and also been the only child born by my late parents .
Dear brother , this is my true life story I am sharing with you here and to help me and my two little daughters to save our life and our money 6.5million Euros my late father keep with my name in global security company UK London from this wicked man called himself my uncle who hate me simple because I bless Islam's as a Muslim woman and he use it as an excuse to seize all my late parents properties from me and still keeping me under house arrest in my late parents compound this address . Ul. Nowogrodzka 84/86
02-018 Warszawa
And I need your a good assistance to invest for me and my two little daughters this money into good profit in any of the mentioned business sectors here for me with this money {a} Real Estate {b} Transportation {c} Health sector and Agriculture projects.
Furthermore, I will be ready to negotiate terms with you, if I know your financial capability, experience and investment preposition, projections you wish to utilize this funds on, hence, I will direct you to the useful contact, where these process will be concluded within matter of days.

Finally, I will furnish you with more information when I receive a respond from you, on my private email: madam.suha@aol.com

Yours truly,
Marta Kaczynski.

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