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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: "Mohammed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ctreasurydepartment@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2018 09:22:35 -0400
Subject: One Unread Email....22/09/2018

Assalamu alaikum

I am Khaled Ahud Mohammed from Damascus Syria. My family is under the threat of President Bashar al-Assad for our resolute support for a true democratic Government in Syria. Due to the current President Bashar al-Assad protest in the country. We in Syria are going though fell, Many families are running for their dear lives as soldiers are killing civilians, women and children and Chemical attacks which have killed millions of people which you can find out over the TV.

I am in tears writing you this mail Because we run a joint family business and our family is a very successful contractor in the oil city of Syria and was privately dealing on gold dust and bars before his untimely death. We are left behind some reasonable amount of money and Gold, which I desire to invest in any fast income growing sector in your country which you will advise me.

We terribly affected by the war and all I have now is my son and wife. They deserve a decent life since I want them to grow up in a peaceful environment. I want to relocate to your country and I want to know if you can assist me to bring in my money and Gold,also help me to come over there.

As you may or may not know, the sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union have made it nearly impossible to successfully operate any type of investment here in Syria or to even transfer money from here to other parts of the world. For this reason, I am contacting you in great confidence with the hope that you could help me get this money out from here for investment purposes which will be guided by you.

I will provide more details on your response.

Thank You,
Best Regards,
Khaled A Mohammed

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