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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: "Mrs.Shadleen Abed" <mrsshadleenabed1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 12:42:38 +0000
Subject: Hello Good Day Dearest,


Hello Good Day Dearest,

My name is Mrs. Shadleen Abed. I am a 40 years old widow from Afghanistan.
I got your Email contact from (PDF) when I was searching for some
information then I decided to contact you, I am a widow with my 7 years old
daughter, The Afghanistan Taliban’s killed my husband in October, 2022 and
Since then I have been looking for a way out of this country to save my
life and my only daughter’s life.

Honestly, I have Three million United States Dollars ($3,000,000) in a bank
outside Afghanistan which I planned to use the ($3,000,000) and start a new
life once I moved out from this Afghanistan with my daughter.

Please I am urgently contacting you to help me and move this my
($3,000,000) in a bank outside Afghanistan to your country and help me and
my daughter to relocate to your country and start a new life in your
country, I honestly assured you that there is No Risk involved in this
fund, This is the money that I saved from my Real Estate Investment and
Agricultural Investment with my late husband and we banked the money in a
bank outside Afghanistan.

I will give you 30% of the fund as a compensation after the successful
transfer and you will also help me to start a good business in your country
with my own share of the fund or both us shall engage in a joint investment
in your country with my own share of the fund.

I am waiting for your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Shadleen Abed

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