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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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Fraud email example:

From: "rich-morgan40@t-online.de" <rich-morgan40@t-online.de>
Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2017 12:34:43 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: I await your approval Urgently.


Hello my good friend,

I am Mr Richard Morgan close confidant of the Syrian oil minister Sulaiman
Al Abbas. I am presently in Syria on Humanitarian Mission and as you may
know there is a serious crisis and war going on in Syria at the moment. The
honorable minister has mandated me to seek the assistance of an honest and
reliable foreign partner to secure and release the sum of US$65.3 (Sixty
Five . Three Million United States Dollars only) which is deposited in a
bank in UK as far as we can be assured that it will be safe in your care
pending when the war will be over.

The oil minister Mr Sulaiman Al Abbas took this very decision because the
New British Government wanted to start seizing all the money deposited in
UK by Top Syrian government officials. I want to count on you, as a
respected and honest person to handle this project with sincerity, trust
and confidentiality.

Please can you confirm that you can handle the funds with top secret
including sincerity and transparency pending when the war will be over in
Syria for us to invest it on any lucrative venture?. Please note that you
will handle this transaction with the bank alone to avoid any suspicions.
Please you can also respond to me here to be sure I got your response:
rm123777@gmail.com

Waiting for your response

Yours Faithfully
Mr Richard Morgan


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