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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 Suha. A" <thomassgelelee@gmail.com>
Reply-To: amrs.suha@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 14:27:34 +0100
Subject: FROM MRS SUHA

My Dear,

I am Mrs. Suha the wife of Yasser Arafat the Palestinian former
leader, I am having problem with the Palestinian liberation
organization (P.L.O) because of the money/family treasure which my
late husband acquires.

I want to introduce you to the vault in Europe in-order for them to
release the truck box to you for safety keeping, you can click on this
BBC news to know more, if you will be honest to me. I have more funds
to entrust on your care.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/3479937.stm

Please get back to me urgently via my private e-mail at
amrs.suha@ymail.com for agreement endorsement before I will give you
the security vault contact information to contact the vault in Europe
immediately, hope to hear from you soon, send me your contact details
as soon as possible,
Thank you.
Mrs. Suha Arafat

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