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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: "Mrs.Shadleen Abed" <mrsshadleenabed1@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 23:24:54 +0000
Subject: How Are You Dearest??

Hello Good Day Dearest,

My name is Mrs. Shadleen Abed. I am a 40 years old widow from
Afghanistan. I got your Email contact from (PDF) when I was searching
for some information then I decided to contact you, I am a widow with
my 7 years old daughter, The Afghanistan Taliban’s killed my husband
in October, 2022 and Since then I have been looking for a way out of
this country to save my life and my only daughter’s life.

Honestly, I have Three million United States Dollars ($3,000,000) in a
bank outside Afghanistan which I planned to use the ($3,000,000) and
start a new life once I moved out from this Afghanistan with my
daughter.

Please I am urgently contacting you to help me and move this my
($3,000,000) in a bank outside Afghanistan to your country and help me
and my daughter to relocate to your country and start a new life in
your country, I honestly assured you that there is No Risk involved in
this fund, This is the money that I saved from my Real Estate
Investment and Agricultural Investment with my late husband and we
banked the money in a bank outside Afghanistan.

I will give you 30% of the fund as a compensation after the successful
transfer and you will also help me to start a good business in your
country with my own share of the fund or both us shall engage in a
joint investment in your country with my own share of the fund.

I am waiting for your urgent reply.

Best Regards,
Mrs. Shadleen Abed

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