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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- reginahameed2000@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dorottaya
Reply-To: <reginahameed2000@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Nov 2015 23:10:36 +0200
Subject: YOUR HELP NEEDED

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Dorottaya Hameed a Syrian Christian, I am 20 years by this year and was turned to an orphan when the Da'ish fighters {Popularly called ISIS} in a brutal raid which almost wiped out a whole community also killed my parents and two of my siblings. We hid in a sewage tunnel for two days, without food until the Da'ish fighters left. The government forces rescued us and took us to Zaatari refugee camp Mafraq, where I have remained for over two years now with no hope of ever leaving alive. I do not know how else to source for help if not through this medium. I know we have not met but I plead with you to treat my matter with utmost urgency.

I found in my father's documents which I took along with me, a fund deposit certificate which was issued to him by a bank in USA, United States Of America. My father deposited the sum of Ten Million Two Hundred Thousand Unlted States Dollars. {$10.2Million} with the bank,a long time ago,when he used to travel to United States Of America for business. I have since contacted the bank in USA and have confirmed the deposit. However, the bank informed me that I cannot claim the fundunless I produce a death certificate and provide an account where the fund will be transferred.

I have the death certificate of my father which I collected from the Allepo Hospital before it was closed,but I do not have an account to transfer the fund.I am pleading with you to help me receive the fund from the bank with your bank account. I do not know any other person in this world that will help me and that is why Iresorted to this medium.If you receive the fund, you will help me invest the fund in a profitable business and help me to secure visa to your country where I can start a new life. I am trusting in you that you will help me because you are my last hope to start a life again.

There is no phone to call from here but I can write you mails from the army base cafe here. Please get back to me urgently so we can plan ahead. Please reply to this email address:(reginahameed2000@hotmail.com)

Sincerely,
Dorottaya Hameed.

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