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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: Salem Mohamed <salem.mohamed2778@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 May 2022 03:53:14 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE AND CO-OPERATION,

Greeting my dear friend,

My name is Mr. Salem Mohamed from Damascus Syria, and I am now
resigned from the government. I am a member of an opposition party
government in Syria.

I need a foreign partner to enable me to transport my investment
capital and then relocate with my family, honestly I wish I will
discuss more and get along. I need a partner because my investment
capital is in my international account. Am interested in buying
Properties, houses, building real estates, my capital for investment
is ($16.5Million USD), meanwhile if there is any profitable investment
that you have so much experience on then we can join together as
partners since I’m a foreigner.

I came across your e-mail contact through private search while in need
of your assistance and I decided to contact you directly to ask you if
you know any Lucrative Business Investment in your Country I can
invest my Money since my Country Syria Security and Economic
Independent has lost to the Greatest Lower level, and our Culture has
lost forever including our happiness has been taken away from us. Our
Country has been on fire for many years now.

If you are capable of handling this business Contact me for more
details i will appreciate it if you can contact me immediately.

You may as well tell me a little more about yourself. Contact me
urgently to enable us to proceed with the business.

I will be waiting for your response.

Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Salem Mohamed.

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