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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: "Dr. Harry Suleiman" <harrysuleiman0110@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2021 12:48:16 +0100
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF US$920.000.00

Dear Good Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from South
Korea.Presently I am in China for investment projects with my own
share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite the fact
that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in her name is
Mariam Abdulazeez,

Mariam Abdulazeez
Email: mrsmariamabdulazeez75@gmail.com

Contact her and ask her to send you the total of US$920.000.00 {Nine
Hundred And Twenty Thousand United States Dollars} which I kept for
your past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I
appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get
in touched with my secretary Mariam Abdulazeez and instruct her where
to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you
receive it so that we can share the joy after all we went through at
that time. Do send to Mariam Abdulazeez, your contact details.

Your Full Names…...........................
Your Address…....................................
Cell Phone Number….......................

To enable her send your compensation money US$920.000.00 to your
nominated bank account/Bank Check or they can send to you an
authorized bank ATM Master card to your address for you to withdraw
the money from any bank ATM machine in your country.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which I and my new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that
I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive
that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mariam Abdulazeez so
that she will send the amount to you without any delay.

Thanks, and God bless you.
Dr. Harry Suleiman

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