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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: info@dpsarwal.com
Reply-To: adilahadul926@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2022 01:03:46 -0800
Subject: partnership

Good day to you. As you are reading this e-mail. I don't want it to sound scary or confusing to you because i'm genuine and I really need someone i can trust, somebody who can be my representative over there, i wish to invest but i don't have an idea and again i cannot leave my duty here in Damascus,Syria for this purpose until we are assigned to return back home, I will need your help in this situation I find myself,i am really afraid and I don't know whom to confide in. Please, I will need your help on this for I can forfeit 40 percent of this money to make sure it is safely used for me until I will be leaving the army next year. Please get back to me and I will make the arrangement on how to get this done because I have no one to confide in.

I believe you will be of help to me, i will be reviewing the said amount immediately. You give me your word of confidence to go ahead, for this is a huge amount of money. I had in mind to open and operate a firm in your country. As soon as I hear from you, I will make a proper arrangement with my Lawyer for paperwork. I want to invest the money in a very lucrative sector. From my wide consultations, I was encouraged to focus on your country because the economy is growing at a stable rate which promotes investment growth and profitability.

If you feel we can do this with me judiciously then please reply back to me

Faithfully
Dr Miss.Adilah Abdul

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