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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: Sherif el-Adly <c.info8@aol.com>
Reply-To: sherif_eladly908@gmx.co.uk
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 19:08:54 +0100
Subject: Good day to you.


Good day to you.

I hope you will not mind my writing to you, though I feel that a letter like
this is the most confidential and effective way to contact you. My name is
Sherif el-Adly, son of Habib Ibrahim el-Adly (Ministry of Interior
(Egypt). This
might be a surprise to you but I got your contact e-mail address in my
father's
directory.
Am sure you are aware our enemies have used the Egyptian citizens against us
,since my father was sentenced to life in prison on false allegation.

The country is really unbearable for us any longer,we are no longer at ease in
this country ever. The current government has frozen all our bank
accounts here
in Egypt and also in U.S and England. They want to ruin us totally, not
considering many years of dedicated service of my father to the country.

My mother is in bad health condition right now and the doctors need some funds
to carry out an operation now that the cancer is early. We cannot access any
funds due to the several confiscations on all our
accounts and assets.

My father in detention disclosed to me that he has some money deposited with a
security firm in Malaysia. He advised me to check with them and look for a
foreigner and present the person as the beneficiary to the funds.

This is the reason why I have contacted you. I do not want to carry out this
task with any member of my extended family or friends, we are very much afraid
of betrayal as we do not know who have been feeding the present
government most
of our secret information. Most of our family members and friends have
turned us
down since the detention of my father.

If you can genuinely assist us to receive this funds in your country, we shall
pay you 20% of the total sum of U.S$5.8 Million Dollars.

I wish for you to assist us to invest these funds in properties and
then assist
us in relocating out of Egypt to settle in your country.

Our telephone lines are currently being monitored, but if I have your
number, I
will work out a way to give you a call. If you are interested in assisting us
and earning the 20% of the funds please furnish me with your full
name, Physical
Address and your private Telephone Number. All logistics to have the funds
safely transported
to your country is in place.

Best regards,
Sherif el-Adly
For the Family






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