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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: farag aziz <rosepomola@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: farag aziz <faragaziz@hotbox.ru>
Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 03:37:56 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your urgent attention


Your urgent attention

My Dear,


Good day to you! By this E-mail,I do sincerely apologise for my intrusion of your privacy. Your personality motivated me after going through your profile.I chose to contact you after getting your email through a database and I believe that you are a reliable person that will not betray my trust, I am Asilah Farag from  Syria,the wife of late Mr.Farag Aziz from Syria my husband and our only son was killed in bomb explotion  here in Syria in 2013 in the war that is going on here in our country Syria.  My husband was a businessman and a contractor here in Syria before his death .


Please,why I need your assistance is that my late husband deposited the sum of Five million Euros (€ 5,000,000) in a Bank in Italy before his death. My late husband wanted to use this money to establish company and build hotel in your country before his death. My intention of contacting you is to help me so that the bank in Italy  will transfer this money to your bank account in your country and I will come over to stay with you in your country, you are going to help me for the investment of this money in good place in your country, because it is not wise doing business in the atmosphere of fear here in Syria, that's why I am calling on you. If you can honestly collaborate with me, I am ready to give you 30% of the total sum at end of the transction if you can sincerely assist me to actualise this project soon, because condition here  in Syria is very critical,everyday bomb explotion seems to have no end. Note that all the important documents that
the bank gave to my late father the day he deposited this fund with the bank Italy is with me. I want to assure you that there is no risk involve in the transaction as I am the next of kin to this fund in the bank in Italy. Please provide the following information.

1: your full name

2: nationality

3: your phone number

4: Your age


Waiting to hear from you soon.


Asilah Farag

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