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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. Aaliya Hamid <aaliyahamid0@gmail.com>
Date: 16 Jul 2019 12:43:50 -0700
Subject: Classified Benefits !

Salam !

I am Mrs. Aaliya Hamid (Attorney-at-Law) and I wish to present you with a sure deal worth of Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($15,500,000USD) stocked in a bank in the United Arab Emirates by my late client from your country who lost his life and that of his immidiate family in a gasly car accident, which you happen to share the same last name with him which places you in a secure position to claim this fund as his "Next of Kin" with the neccessary information regarding this fund as it is a secret deposit which only I and his account officer knows about it as his Barrister and I have been given a limited time to present a next of kin to this fund or I risk the fund been confisicated by the bank.
Kindly contact me for a more private communiation and relevant information for the fund claim, as i will back you up with the neccessary documents on the condition that you pay in 70% of the fund after the fund has been transferred to your account.



Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Aaliya Hamid (Attorney-at-Law).




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