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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: "Mrs.Khadija Alkhouli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <khadijaalkhouliii@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2014 16:24:01 -0700
Subject: Please We Need Your Help

Hello ,

I am Mrs.Khadija Al-Khouli i am a part British/Syrian Citizen,wife and widow to the late Brigadier General (Dr) Issa Al-Khouli,my husband was assassinated by unknown gun men as he stepped outside our home on his way to work on Monday the 11th of February 2012 . I have never been the same since then and I am only trying to find a way to escape from this hell hole that I find my self after the death of my husband as this country is now into full blown war and i have to escape with my children before it is too late or we get killed by chemicals weapon.


Before my husband’s death, he informed me that he had deposited some money in some consignments to the tune of $128.5 Million United States dollars in cash with a security and finance company and this was part of the money he had helped his cousin president of Syria Dr.Bashar Al-Assad to move out of the country as he could not keep all the money in his private account, so he used some close relatives and friends to move some of the money out of Syria to different locations around the world and during this period he used my late husbands contacts to move large amounts of money in cash and this money was deposited in trunk boxes with a security and finance company in London for some years now and he had kept some part of this money for safety purposes and for us to utilize when he finally retires from the army.
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You can check this links below for confirmation:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-16996987
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/world/middleeast/syrian-general-killed-by-gunmen-in-damascus.html?_r=3

With the death of my husband , i have nothing more to live for in Syria and I want to escape from the country with the rest of my family and it is only this money that we can use to bribe our way out as with the sanctions from the United Nations on our country and the regime top officials and families, we would be unable to move freely hence we need help from someone that does not have any links or connection with the family so that you can claim the funds on my behalf without suspicions.

I need you as a partner to assist in claiming the consignments and provide good investment plans for it in your country and as soon as you have claimed the consignments, you shall send us some money so that we can make arrangements for our escape out of Syria to London,United Kingdom and once we are out, it would be important that we meet in person so that we can thank you for your help and also discuss future plans.

You will be compensated with 20% of the total funds if you accept to assist us while 80% would be for me and my family so that we do not suffer in future.

If you feel we can do this together, please contact me immediately for more details.

Thank you as i hope to hear from you soon,

Mrs.Khadija Al-Khouli

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