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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: "Mr.s Sara Baker" <test@test.com>
Reply-To: mbox11121@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2022 09:07:29 -0700
Subject: Dear Beloved, Re; I Need Your Sincere Cooperation

Dear Beloved,

Re; I Need Your Sincere Cooperation
I expect that my letter to meet you in good health and best mood today; Really I decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you to assist me in my charity investment planned program.

I am Mrs. Sara H. Baker, 65 years old, deaf and a widow. I was married to late Engr Howard Baker ,who worked with Shell Development Company in London for Twenty-Six years before his death, after a brief illness that lasted only few days. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$6.7 Million in a firm here. Following my ill health (Cancer of the Lungs), my Doctor told me that I may not live longer than expected due to my health condition.

The most sad part of his live before death was that we have no child, so, I am hoping to meet a reliable and sincere person who can invest this money in good lucrative business for future charitable needs and other less privilege as we have palnned.

Please kindly respond to my private email address as stated here (
info.sara.baker@gmail.com ) only for privacy and security reasons if you have the interest of doing this for me.

More details will be made known to you upon your response.

I wait your urgent response,

Remain Bless

Thank you
Mrs. Sara H. Baker,
Email : info.sara.baker@gmail.com

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Saudi Reinsurance Company - Saudi Re - الشركة السعودية لإعادة التأمين"إعادة4130 Northern Ring Branch Rd -Al Wadi - Unit No 1Riyadh 13313 – 6684, Kingdom of Saudi ArabiaCommercial Registration Number: 7001556021Operating under the supervision of SAMA - License number 17/20087The content of this email (and any attachments) are confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email or any part thereof without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please notify the sender immediately by email, and delete this email from your system.Saudi Re accepts no liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message or any damage caused by virus or other malware which arise as a result of this e-mail transmission.

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