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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: Josie Al-hamdok <zahawi9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josiealhamdok@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:11:47 +0000
Subject: Greetings/Saludos


Saludos


Me comunico con usted en base a sus buenos perfiles que leí y por buenas
razones, aunque no me he reunido con usted antes, creo que uno tiene que
arriesgarse a confiar en alguien para tener éxito a veces en la vida.

Tomar esta decisión no fue fácil para mí, pero esta es la única opción que
me queda para asociarme con ustedes.

Mi nombre es Sra. Josie Al-Hamdok. Mi difunto esposo trata sobre petróleo
crudo con el gobierno federal de Sudán y tiene una empresa petrolera
personal en la ciudad de la zona petrolera de Bentiu y Upper
ciudad del Nilo. Lo que he experimentado físicamente, no deseo volver a
experimentarlo en mi vida debido a la reciente guerra civil étnica
provocada por nuestro presidente, el Sr. Salva Kiir.
y el líder rebelde Sr. Riek Machar, he estado bajo el campo de refugiados
de las Naciones Unidas en Chad para salvar mi vida y la de mi pequeña hija.

Aunque, no sé cómo te sentirás con mi propuesta, pero la verdad es que me
colé en Chad, nuestro país vecino donde vivo ahora, como refugiado.
Escapé con mi hijita cuando los rebeldes irrumpieron en nuestra casa y
mataron a mi esposo como uno de los grandes traficantes de petróleo del
país, desde entonces estoy huyendo.

Salí de mi país y me mudé a Chad, nuestro país vecino, con el poco alto el
fuego que teníamos, debido al acuerdo de reunión de paz cara a cara
coordinado por el Secretario de Estado de los Estados Unidos, el Sr. John
Kerry y Naciones Unidas en Etiopía (Addis Abeba) entre nuestro Presidente
Salva Kiir y el líder rebelde Riek Machar para detener esta guerra.

Quiero solicitar su sociedad con confianza para invertir los $8 millones de
dolares depositados por mi difunto esposo en el Banco porque mi vida ya no
esta segura en nuestro pais, ya que los rebeldes estan buscando a las
familias de todos los empresarios petroleros del pais. matar, diciendo que
son ellos los que están ordeñando el país.

Te ofreceré el 20% del fondo total por tu ayuda mientras me asocio contigo
para la inversión en tu país. si recibo tu respuesta

Esperaré a saber de ti para darte detalles.
Con amor de
Sra. Josie Al Hamdok

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Greetings

I'm contacting you based on your good profiles I read and for a good
reasons,Though I have not meet with you before, I believe that one has to
risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

My name is Mrs. Josie Al-Hamdok. My late husband deals on Crude Oil with
Federal Government of Sudan and he has a personal Oil firm in Bentiu Oil
zone town and Upper
Nile city. What I have experience physically, I don't wish to experience it
again in my life due to the recent civil Ethnic war cause by our President
Mr. Salva Kiir
and the rebel leader Mr Riek Machar, I have been Under United Nation
refugee camp in Chad to save my life and that of my little daughter.

Though, I do not know how you will feel about my proposal, but the truth is
that I sneaked into Chad, our neighboring country where I am living now, as
a refugee.
I escaped with my little daughter when the rebels burst into our house and
killed my husband as one of the big oil dealers in the country, ever since
then, I have being on the run.

I left my country and move to Chad our neighboring country with the little
ceasefire we had, due to the face to face peace meeting accord coordinated
by the US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry and United Nations in Ethiopia
(Addis Ababa) between our President Mr Salva Kiir and the rebel leader Mr
Riek Machar to stop this war.

I want to solicit for your partnership with trust to invest the $8 million
dollars deposited by my late husband in Bank because my life is no longer
safe in our country, since the rebels are looking for the families of all
the oil business men in the country to kill, saying that they are they one
that is milking the country dry.

I will offer you 20% of the total fund for your help while I will partner
with you for the investment in your country. If I get your reply

I will wait to hear from you so as to give you details.
With love from
Mrs. Josie Al-Hamdok

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