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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.Maria Shatwaan" <ms.mariashatwaan@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Maria Shatwaan" <mrs.mariashatwaan@email.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 14:00:01 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: I Humbly need your urgent companion

From: Mrs. Maria Omar Shatwaan
Address: 123 Flat 401 Church STR, Randburg, Johannesburg South Africa.
Tel No: +27 73 474 8000
Email:-(mrs.mariashatwan@email.com)

Dear Director/ Sir,

You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally; I am Mrs. Maria Omar Shatwan, the wife of Dr.Omar Fathi Bin Shatwan, who was murdered in the Rebel dispute during Lt Col.Muammar Gadaffi dictatorship.

I got your contact through world network online yellow pages,and media with your name, company profile,and I decide to write to you. Before the death of my husband, he had taken my son Mr. Hassan Mohammed Shatwaan to South Africa to deposit the sum of US$38,900,000,00 (Thirty-Eight Million Nine Hundred Thousand United States Dollars),in one of the private security firm in Republic of South Africa, as if he foresaw the looming danger in Libya.

This amount $38.9M was deposited as family documents or treasures with the firm was meant for the purchase of advance ammunition and sophisticated weapons to fight the veteran rebels and militants in Libya. This crisis came when Libyan President Lt.Col.Muammar Gadaffi introduced War Act Reform which wholly affected all the Libyans citizens and foreigners. And this resulted to the killing and mob action by Libyan war veterans and some lunatics in the society. In fact, a lot of people were killed because of this regime dictatorship which my husband was one of the victims who died.

It is against this background that, I and my son, who are now in South Africa, decide to transfer money to reliable foreign account since the law of South Africa prohibits refugee (asylum seeker) to open any bank account or to be involved in any financial transaction throughout the territorial zone South Africa. I am saddle with the responsibility of seeking a genuine foreign partner who can assist my son with your personal/company's account where this money could be transferred without the knowledge of the interim government who are bent from taking everything we had.

As a person, whom I have to entrust my future and of my family in his hands, I must let you know that this transaction is risk free. Once you’re interested, kindly contact me on my direct email address above or below for more details of the transaction while I implore you to maintain the absolute secrecy required in this transaction. Once I receive your replied email indicating your interest to help us in this project, I will let you know the follow ups as I don’t want to do any business with person in the same African countries that have similar political history.

I have two options for you; firstly you can choose to have certain percentage of the money for nominating your account for this transaction. Or you can go into partnership with us for the proper profitable investment of the money in your country. Whichever option you choose, feel free to notify me upon your next reply we will negotiate the percentages that will be affordable.

Best Regards and God bless,

Mrs. Maria Omar Shatwan & Mr.Hassan Mohammed Shatwaan (For the family) +27 73 474 8000

Note: always reply to me via my email:-(mrs.mariashatwan@email.com)

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