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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: "nawal kareem" <nawalkareem@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2017 15:34:54 -0000
Subject: Hello

Please read and respond


I contacted you on a money tranzaction, ready to ransfar to your account, the depositor of the said fund is death with all his family during the political crisis here in cote d'iviore on 2010/2011, unfortunately leaving No person for the claim.

It is my wish to contact you for this tranzaction as all the necessary legal document are in my office,but i can not do it without anyone appling for it,together we are going to handle the tranzaction.

If you are going to do this transaction with me , we will share 50% / 50 %. If you are interested please reply me immidiatly I will give you all the details in full.



Waiting for your respons
My Sincerely regards
Mrs Nawal Kareem

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