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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: "Engr. Rasha Qamar Nasafi." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pinpin.company@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2017 00:31:48 +0800
Subject: Greetings ,

Greetings ,

With due respect & humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a
humanitarian ground, however, this is not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will.

I will need your help in this situation I find myself. I am really
afraid & I don't know whom to confide in. I have some money that I
made in Petroleum as an oil industrialist here in Syrian Arab Republic
& Saudi Arabia before the war started in my lovely country Syrian.

I have kept this to myself as secret for a while & now I need a
foreign partner, I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign
account abroad but I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting
you as a foreigner, someone I can trust to work & transport my
investment capital to your beautiful country where there is no war.

I need your assistance to transfer this money out urgently, I guaranty
we would execute this business under a legitimate arrangement without
breach of the law, because this is my hard earned money. More details
await your earliest reply. Always do pray for our safety.

For your consideration, I look forward hearing from you shortly.

Affectionately Yours,
Engr. Rasha Qamar Nasafi.


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