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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: "Mrs Aaminah Abdul Azeem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsaaminahabdul20@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2018 15:25:25 -0000
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE TO YOU

I am Mrs Aaminah Abdul-Azeem the wife of Engineer Ammar  Abdul- Azeem, a Syrian Industrialist and member of Syrian business men in council
Damascus. After the death of my husband, my family is under threat of President Bashar al-Assad for Resolute our support for a true
Democratic Government in Syria and that is why they killed my husband. Due to the current President Bashar al-Assad protest in the country
many families are running for their lives as soldiers are killing civilians, women and children.
 
You can find out in this website
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193950/Syria-Fears-massacre-Syrian-government-dozens-dead-bodies-buried-mass-grves.html
 
I want to bring to your notice that I have in my possession the sum of 15.5Million Dollars. This is the money me and my husband have saved
for our entire life as an Industrialist. I secretly locked up the money in a trunk box and deposited it with the Red Cross here in
Damascus. My sincere intention in writing you is to plead with you to kindly accept cash payment for the property. This is because we cannot
do any bank transfers from here following the war in Syria. Secondly, keep the balance of the money for me after deducting the cost for your
property. Thirdly propose an investment I can do with the money when I come to your country. These are the major issues of concern to me now.
I will give you 30% of the money as well as buy the property from you.
 
I have to take this chance because I have no other alternative but to trust somebody. I am an orphan with no brother or sister so I can not
risk my life here to avoid an end to my family lineage. As a woman since my husband is dead, all I have is my two sons. they deserve a
decent life since I want them to grow up in a peaceful environment. I will relocate to your country with my family and invest the money in
accordance with law, your advice and support will be highly appreciated; we can work together and achieve a better future for our
families.
 
If possible, may I request you to send me your information? Only if you are comfortable with this request. This is purely for the purpose
of sending the money to you for the investment. The information needed are: Your full name, your phone number (mobile), your full address.
 
I anticipate your positive response and on receipt of your information, I will provide you with further details. An acceptance of
my offer can change your life and mine too.
 
I wait for your immediate response to enable us proceed.
 
Yours Sincerely,
 
Mrs Aaminah Abdul Azeem

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