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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: Aina Azeem <alinafahim1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ainaazeem14@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2021 02:12:28 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello,

My name is Aina Azeem, an Afghanistan woman. We are facing quiet
genocide from Taliban forces as well as the daily life-threatening
attacks by al-Qaeda militants. We are experiencing the world's worst
humanitarian crisis. Thousands more civilians have died from
preventable causes. I desire to relocate to your country due to the
prolonged civil unrest/war in Afghanistan. I have lost my husband to
the cold hands of death on March 10, 2020.

I am in tears writing you this email. He (my late husband) was a very
successful contractor in the Crude Oil and Natural Gas sector and was
privately dealing on copper and gold here in Afghanistan before his
untimely death. Expectedly, he left behind some reasonable amount of
money, which I desire to invest in your country. I am contacting you
in great confidence with the hope that you could help me get this
money into your country for investment purposes: Please I would like
to know how convenient it might be for you to assist me in this way. I
will disclose the entire capital to you as soon as you are willing to
accept the money.

With the current situation here. I decided to take this chance because
I have no other alternative but to trust somebody. As a woman since my
husband is dead and we don't have children. I deserve a decent life in
a peaceful environment, I would like to relocate to your country and
invest the money in accordance with law, your advice and support; we
can work together and achieve.

I anticipate your positive response and on receipt of your reply I
will provide you with further details.

Yours faithfully
Aina Azeem

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