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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: Alina ibrahim <alinaibrahim626@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2022 04:48:52 -0800
Subject: 26/01/2022 Greetings From Miss Alina Ibrahim.

My Dearest Sir,

How are you, hope fine?

I write this letter to you with exceptional interest and humility,with
the believe that your genuine assistance and confidentiality in
respect of my intending request to you will be highly honored without
prejudice.

I know such letter of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and
worried. It's really very unfortunate that this mail is coming to you
at this very time that junk mail have been the order of the day. Even
my humble self have been beneficiary of such flying mails but that not
withstanding, the internet still remains the best and fastest means of
communication hence I decided to contact you .For your
information,this is a big opportunity for me and you . I will
therefore need an advice on your area of investment and other
logistics involved in undertaking such business that will yield good
profits if set up. I prayed over it and I come across you which I
believe that you are the right person and nature has a way of bringing
two people together for good as i believe it is nature that directs me
to you.

I am Ms.Alina Ibrahim from Syria but lives/studying in United States,I
am 24 years old; a Muslim.

My father, mother, siblings and relatives were killed early this year
when our Syrian president Bashar al-Assad gassed and killed its
citizen including innocent children killed in a cold blood during the
gas attacks.

Please view this site:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/world/middleeast/syria-gas-attack.html?_r=0

My My father and mother were very wealthy, gold and diamond merchant
which is the reason i was sent to western education in United states.

Now that they are dead,I inherited all their business and wealth. I
selected you after visiting the website for this purpose and prayed
over it.

My late parents deposited the sum of USD$5.6Million in a
finance/security firm oversea for my well being when i grow up and for
me to continue with my education. My reason for contacting you is for
you to be my next of kin and guardian to the fund so that the
security/finance firm can release the fund to you on my behalf.

Sir, please keep this message Strictly ONLY to yourself as the
USPresident has banned Muslim particularly Syrians from entering USA.

Sir, If you are willing and ready to assist me reposition this fund,be
my guardian and custodian then kindly get back to me through this
email address: alinaibrahim626@gmail.com so that i will give you
directives on how to contact for the claim of the fund from the
Security/finance Company were the fund is deposited by my late parents
in Europe.

My good regards,
Ms Alina Ibrahim.
alinaibrahim626@gmail.com

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