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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: "Abu Bakr" <hejiangtao@nti.com.cn>
Reply-To: "Abu Bakr" <abubakr998@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 19:18:46 +0800
Subject: ASSISTANCE

Good day,

Looking for assistance!!

I am Abu Bakr, a rebel leader here in Aleppo Syria,

I and my second in command came across some money that was parked in a
trunk box, worth over $ 350 million Dollars,

In President Bashar al-Assad's allies house,

we moved the trunk box out of the war zone to the United
Nations office as medical equipment,

But i am seeking for your assistance, to remit this fund to foreign account under your custody,

pending when we are going to finish the fight here in my country Syria.

If you can be of a help,

kindly contact me on e-mail: abubakr998@yahoo.co.jp

Yours sincerely

Abu Bakr

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