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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: "Amina Saib" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jenniferamina_ss@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 May 2016 18:11:11 -0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP.

  My E-mail: jenniferamina_s@yahoo.com
     
        Hello Am sorry to this disturb you. My name is Jennifer
        Amina Saib, am from Syria. There is serious war crisis here
        in Syria, and I have lost my parents and my two brothers in
        war.
     
        I want you to help me to receive GBP.2.000.000.00 Two
        million British pounds sterling, which my late father
        deposited with my name in a bank in London, I can not go to
        London because of war here in Syria. I want to come to your
        country and start a new life, because am the only survival
        in my family. I agree that you should take 40 percent of the
        fund and you keep 50 percent for me, then you give 10
        percent to the charity.
     
        Contact me for more details of the money: jenniferamina_s@yahoo.com

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