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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: yasmin@rstelogorejo.com
Reply-To: ranim_hussaini1@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2018 08:42:32 +1000
Subject: PLEASE HELP ME.

Hello ,

My name is Ranim Hussaini and presently in a refugee camp here in London.I am an 18 year old girl. My father is a former minister of finance in Syria before he died.i am contacting you in respect of my two trunk boxes which is already in your country with my diplomat, my former beneficiary that was suppose to help me receive the trunk boxes for me became greedy asking for 70% which we agreed on 35% before the boxes left London for your country.I had to put a stop to the delivery.please i am contacting you as my new beneficiary to help me receive my two trunk boxes because i have mapped out 45% for you if you accept my offer.

I will like to inform you that the diplomat does not know the true content of the boxes and he has been there for days now waiting to hear from my new beneficiary to carry out the delivery to.The content of my two consignment boxes is Money ( Seventeen Million four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ) which i will like to invest in a profitable business. I will like to invest part of the money into these two investment but if there is any other business that is better than what I am suggesting, I will be very glad to follow your advice.

(1). Real estate.(2). The transport industry.

I stated in the airway bill as family valuables not money so the diplomat does not know the true content.

I want you to know also that i have paid for the delivery charges all you have to do is contact the diplomat. Please help me by receiving the boxes, for as soon as you receive them i will be coming over to join you, so we can start the investment together and i will start living a good life again.

Best Regards,
Ranim Hussaini.






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