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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: "Dr.Marta Kacznyski" <e09fei0284v@sepdf.gob.mx>
Reply-To: drm1139@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 14:53:37 +0200
Subject:


Hello dear brother & my nearest Muslim family,

Dear, I am Marta Suha Kaczynski and the daughter of Mr. Lech Kaczynski the
former Polish president who was killed with his wife Mrs. Maria Kaczynski
in a Polish Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M, crashed near the city of Smolensk
Russia on 10th April 2010 and killing all people on board crash;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Polish_Air_Force_Tu-154_crash.

Dear, I need a partner or investor that will help me and my 2little
daughters in investing our $7.5million us-dollars in your country, this
money $7.5million us-dollars is deposited with my name by my late father in
UK London before his death on 10th April 2010 and I need you urgent
assistance in transferring of this money $7.5 million us-dollars into your
country for investments propose.

I want you to know my mainly reasons writing you this message as a Muslim ,
it is after my late parents burial’s on 18th April 2010 I was introduce
to Islam’s by this sister Mrs. Aliyah Mohamed Hussein that Islam’s is
the only best and the only way to enter god’s paradise.

After reasoning with this Muslim sister and I find her words as truth and I
bless Islam’s as a Muslim and simple because I changed to Muslim made my
Uncle Mr. Jaroslaw Kaczynski who hate me and use my religion Muslim to
seized all my parents properties from me and still putting me in house
arrest here in my late father compound Warsaw city Poland Ul. Nowogrodzka
84/86 02-018 Warsaw.

I hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I
am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both Muslims
families. I am waiting for your urgent reply to know If your answer is yes
that you are ready to give me and my little daughters full assistance to
invest this funds in your name and also noted that I am ready to give you
35% of our total investment money as your own share for helping me and my
two little daughters to invest our 65% into profitable investments in your
country in your name for us.

And I want to let you know that after I receive your response and I
will discuss with my lawyer so that he to send his delegate to you for a
face to face meeting with you, meanwhile you will be required to e-mail
with the following information here below: {1} your phone number {2} your
passport copy {3} your occupation {4} your contacts address.

This attachment above is my funds picture attaching for us as evidence of
my funds. I need your urgent reply in my E-mail; drm1139@gmail.com

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