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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Zainab Zamanlabib" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.zainabzamanlabid@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2016 13:11:55 +0200
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP

From Mrs Zainab Zamanlabib
Date: 11/28/2016
 
I am Mrs Zainab Zamanlabib from Central Alepo City Syria +964155986576 doing business of real estate and decoration here in Alepo,I was happy when i came accross your business link haven known your country as the most peaceful and lovely people,so i decided to contact you for a little assistance you can render to me.
 
Due to the situation here in Syria,those of us in the business circle are finding it very difficult to cope with the situation here,no stable goverment,bomb explosion at strategic places every now and then,sometimes people find it very difficult to go about their normal businesses due to fear of being victim of terrorist attack,above all, the crisis in Syria now has made business activities totaly parallised for quite sometime now,for intance,no good telephone facilities,no adequate security,infact,all most all the basic infrastructure were destroyed during the recent War in Syria,ever since then the enveroment in Syria has never been condusive business wise.Please,why i need your assistance is that i have about (US$ 50.000.000)Fifty million United states Dollars in my custody.I inherited the money from my late  husband's savings and contract we executed with the Asad Government as a Major General in Syria Army in charge of purchase and maintainance War Equipment. My int ention is to move the money out o
 
I wait patiently for your urgent response i am just trusting on you in the name of Almighty ALLAH and i know you will not sit on my money and deny me, am a Devout mosleem woman and I respect ALLAH so pls do not dissapoint me because i have made up my mind to establish this sum (US$50m Dollars) in your country of which i would want you to be my business partner.My DIPLOMAT Already have arrange the same fund in a two trunk Boxes which will be moved down to your country.With the Diplomatic Passport and Immunity it will be easier to move this said fund through the diplomatic means.
I wait patiently for your quick response so as to move forward on this as i will direct you on the steps to take which will be risk free for us to arrive at the succesful end.
 
You can reach me directly by contacting mrs.zainabzamanlabid@gmail.com
 
Thanks and Almighty Allah help us.
 
Mrs Zainab,
Alepo City
Syria....

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