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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: sani amed <saniamed1010@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 02:32:35 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: For Your Compensation,


Dear Friend,

It has been a very long time we communicated last. It was a result of thesame transaction which I later found another partner in Nicaragua that assisted me to get the funds transfer on his account in Nicaragua. With this above, I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Nicaragua that assisted me to get those funds transfer on his account.

Presently I'm in Nicaragua for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me In transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

I have made an arrangement and left a cashier check of $800,000.00 with my secretary in my country ever before I left. I would have contacted you when I was still in my country to dispatch this check to you, but due to the project which I have engaged myself in this country does not even allowed me to do that. It was quite unfortunate but i made an alternative arrangement and left the check with my secretary and instructed him that you will contact him any time to send the check to you.

Now contact my secretary his name is Mr.Charles Eze, his email address is:
(mrcharleseze1@yahoo.co.uk). And ask him to send you the total sum of
$800.000.00 which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.

I appreciated your efforts at that time. So feel free and get intouch with my secretary Mr.Charles Eze and instruct him where and how to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive the check so we can share
The joy after all the sufferness at that time. At the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the new partner are having at hand.

Remember, instruction has been giving to the secretary on your favor that you will contact him for the dispatching of the check so you should feel free to contact him.

Notwithstanding, I will not be checking my email regularly incase if you contact me because where we are developing the company here in Nicaragua is inside their forest so it take's me time coming out where I can check my email.

Finally, I will be coming over to your country after which I completed this current project here and will like you to verify on the business which one can develop in your country that will be earning more profit on it.

Contact me immediately when you cash the check.

My Regards To Your Family
Dr Sani Amed.



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