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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: Hamza Ali <msrong46@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Sep 2019 19:22:39 +0700
Subject: Greetings,

Greetings,

compliment of the day to you and your family,I hope my email will arrive to
you at good time. My name is Mr. Hamza Ali from Syria. I am an individual
contractor and businessman before war start here in Syria.

Currently, I'm living in refugee camp with my family where we run for
safety due to the ongoing war/crises that is going on in Syria at the
moment.

Why I'm contacting you is to know if we can have a personal conversation.
Whatever truth you may brief me will be highly recommended. Tell me more
about your country, how good it will be to invest in your country. Such as
buying of properties, or real estate and some tourist places or any
profitable investment venture that will yield good profit.

I will appreciate whatever result you may brief me. Do let me know your
idea and knowledge regarding this or any other profitable investment
venture you may suggest.

I have a huge capital for investment which i will like to invest in your
country if you are interested with my proposal. In my next mail I will
explain the full details of the project and interest.

I shall tell you more about myself when I read from you. You may as well
tell me little more about yourself when replying.

I look forward to read from you at your earliest convenient time. please
reply in my personal.

Regards,

Hamza

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