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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.VIRO"<vro06@aeromercado.com.br>
Reply-To: virovon5@gmail.com
Date: 23 Mar 2020 05:22:45 -0700
Subject: Be Of Help To US..21/03/2020

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Hello ,

Please is it okay to communicate in English?

I am a Syrian woman, and I desire to relocate to your country due
to the prolonged civil unrest/war in Syria, as well as the daily
life-threatening attacks by ISIS terrorist group,I've already
lost my family, my husband,son and my father/mother In-law with
my husband brother and wife to the cold hands of death during an
attack targeted at our home in February 2019, to end our family.
I and my daughter were not around during the attack, we were at
the hospital for checkup when they attacked our home killing my
beloved husband and my son and setting the house ablaze. Since
this incident, I and my daughter have been living in a refugee
home. I am in tears writing you this email. He (my late husband)
was a very successful contractor in the oil city of Syria and was
privately dealing on gold dust and bars before his untimely
death. Unexpectedly, he left behind some reasonable amount of
money, which I desire to invest in the Real Estate sector,
Agriculture, Automobile, and other interesting business in your
country through you.

Unfortunately, my husband locked up this money in a safe box, and
deposited it in a warehouse(Storage Room) in Spain Three years
ago when we hard the first attack with the hope of going to
retrieve it later before his death. Please this is not stolen
money, and there are no dangers involved. Right now, the deposit
agreement of the box has expired for long now and I can't travel
out of Syria to retrieve this box or ask that the box be
delivered to me because of the financial sanctions imposed by the
United States and the European Union placed on Syria. For this
reason, I am contacting you in great confidence with the hope
that you could help me get this money into your country for
investment purposes.

Please I would like to know how convenient it might be for you to
assist me in this way. The entire money contained in the box is
$13.5 Million US Dollars. My sincere intention in writing you is
to plead with you to kindly accept the money box. I will give you
25% of the total money as your benefit for helping me, then you
will also help to arrange traveling documents for my daughter and
I to meet you in your country and start a new life.

I have to take this chance because I have no other alternative
but to trust somebody. I cannot continue to risk my life here to
avoid an end to my family lineage. As a woman, since my
husband,son and entire family are dead, all I have is my only
daughter. She deserves a decent life since I want her to grow up
in a peaceful environment. I will relocate to your country with
my daughter and invest the money in accordance with the law. With
your advice and support we can work together and achieve this.

I anticipate your positive response and on receipt of your
information I will provide you with further details. Please don't
ignore us for the sake of my little daughter,.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Viro

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