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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:
- 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.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Dr Faruk Ahmed <dr.faruk.ahmed1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.ahmed.faruk@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 16:09:14 -0700
Subject: !!!ATTENTION SIR CAN I TRUST YOU!!!
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*Attention*
*Sir/Madam*
*This is for your attention *
*I am **Dr.Ahmed Faruk** from Syria i am in a very difficult situation
presently now in my country Syria due to the war and i am in the Refugee
Camp.I contacted you by email message on important preposition to help me
secure my fund to save/invest in your peaceful country,due to the war in my
country Syria. *
*Syria has deteriorated into a humanitarian catastrophe with Chemical
Weapon & Chlorine Gas Attack. *
*A Peaceful protests starting on March 15th, 2012 were met by the reigning
Assad regime with violence and mass arrests.Popular uprisings soon became a
full-scale civil war, resulting in over many people has been killed in
Syrian conflict and the displacement of millions. *
*I will like to hear from you to give you more details and should ask me
any question or any information you want to know about me and will give
details answer for our understanding. My sincere promise to you everything
about the project will be successful no risk.. *
*Thanks for your time and i will communicate more when i hear from you. *
*Regards.*
*Yours Sincerely. *
*Dr.Ahmed Faruk*
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