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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: "Zeinawal@mail.com" <zenaiawa345672@libero.it>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 23:23:05 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: zeina Awal.






Hello dear,



How are you? Please be patience and read through this email, am writing this letter with tears and sorrow from my heart. My Name is zeina Awal , 24 Years old Girl Originated from Liberia i want to have a good relationship with you, Little bit surprise because we have never meet before, due to unsolicited nature of my situation here I decided to contact you for

help, My late father, zeina Awal, managing director of (Nimene Awal LTD) before the rebels attacked our house and killed my mother and my father, me and my junior brother are the only one that survived, I managed to make my way to a near by country Dakar Senegal where i am seeking political asylum as a refugee.



I found your contact address when searching for someone to help me, I lost my entire parents and want you to stand as my foreign trustee to retrieve and invest the sum of($7,000.000,00) Seven Million United State Dollars which I inherited from my late parent as the rightful next of Kin, well I tried to get this money out from the bank in MADRID SPAIN were the fund was deposited, but the manager refused because of my age and my present status as a Refugee, am ready to give you 40% of the whole money of the transaction.



I have already contacted the bank in Spain (BANCO LA CAIXA ESPAÑA ) and confirmed, but i was told that my status here in Dakar Senegal can not allow me claim the money as a refugee, but i was advised to look for a honest and reliable person abroad that will represent me as my trustee so that the bank

Will release the money to me,



I will like to invest in your country, I have no business ideal for now, I will forward you the necessary deposit information and the Bank account information on confirming your acceptance to assist me, please don’t disclose this till I come over there because of rebels connection, here is my contact email (Zeinawal@mail.com).



Regards:

zeina Awal


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