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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: evahaya1111@gmail.com
Reply-To: evahaya111@gmail.com
Date: 09 Feb 2018 22:50:01 -0800
Subject: re.Urgent reply!

My Dear ,

I am contacting you based on assistant, i decided to just seek
for business assistance from you. I am Miss Eva Haya from Alepo-
Syria,My Late father was an aide to Former minister of petroleum,
due to recent crises in my country, my father and two brothers
were killed last two months by rebel and our family house was
looted, but the rebels were not able to loot the money and Kilos
of Gold my father kept on top of house roof, my life is now in
danger, I live in jungle to avoid rebels and armies eliminating
me as the son of my father, as i have no family again and best
option for my safety is to leave my country to seek for refugee
in your country, I would like to relocate my Late father
business/funds to your country, and Gold export/Jewelry making
business. I am in desperate need to move out these funds and
ninety nine Kgs of Golds (99KGs)from my country to your
possession for safekeeping and for investment in your country
trade, I would like you to assist me or advice me further on
which sectors i can invest
please do reply me to private my email:
I wait for you respond,
Thanks.

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