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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: "suha arafat" <afsuha_300@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: arfsl_30@walla.com
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 22:05:53 -0900
Subject: MRS SUHA ARAFAT

Dear friend,

I seek your permission to introduce myself to you.
I am Mrs Suha Arafat,wife of Yasser Arafat the late
Palestinian ruler.

Before the death of my husband,I had to close my swiss
bank accounts and relocated the funds.I proceeded to
deposit the money as valuables in different private
Vaulting companies for safe keeping.This I did when the
French Prosecutors started an inquiry into transfers I made
into banks accounts I have in France.

Please if you can assist in claiming this fund and
investing it in your country,contact me as quickly
as possible along with your full name,contact address
and telephone number in order to give you the contact
Information of the Vaulting company in Europe.

At the successful collection of the fund,you shall be
compensated with 30% of the amount collected,5% shall
be set aside to pay for the expenses incurred in the
process of the collection and the balance 65% shall be
retained for the investment.

I count on your absolute confidentiality while
looking forward to your prompt reply.

See this website for more information:

www.scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1314882004

www.blog-irish.com/suha.htm

Regards,

Suha Arafat.


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