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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: Sufian Allaw <engrsufian0@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 13:08:25 +0100
Subject: From Engr Sufian



Compliment,how are you?.I hope all is fine with you and your family.
Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met
before but l do solely want to present you with a business proposition
worth millions of dollars,after receiving your names and search
directory today,My names is Engr Sufian Allaw,Former Minister of
Petroleum and Mineral Resources of Syria Arab Republic worked under
President Basharn Al-Assad.But i resigned from the post of Ministerial
office on the 29th July 2012 because of the political crisis here in
our country Syria Arab Republic.



It great privileged to receive your contact information from
international Argentina Global business directory here in our country
Syria.I will appreciate to use this opportunity to indicate my
personal interest to work together with you to invest my funds in your
country through you with your company because of the political
problems we are having here in our country Syria,which has putted me
and my family into uncomfortable condition.


I have some amount of funds (Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars) US$19.5M which is deposited from my bank
account here in our country with my bank called SYRIA INTERNATIONAL
ISLAMIC BANK,which i can informed the bank to transfer the funds to
you into your bank account as my partner under joint investment with
you in your country.


I chooses you because i know that you are capable to handle this and
also your country is my choosing country to save my funds.Please i
need your personal assistance and urgent confirmation over this
proposal and please make sure that you keep everything about this
issue confidential with your self only please for security reasons.


You are advised to furnish me with your contact information to enable
me open up communication with you regarding this issues immediately.

Your Full Name ------------------------------------Your Company and Home

Address: --------------------------------------------Name of City of

Residence:-------------------------------------------------------Date of

Birth (Day/Month/Year): -----------------------------------------------

Direct Telephone
Number/Fax:-------------------------------------------------Mobile
--------------------------------------------------------------

-------------------Your Age/Occupation: ---------------------------------

------------------------Your Identification Like Passport/ID CARD:-------

------------------------------------


Please send me an email on my private email.
Contact Person: Engr Sufian Allaw.Reply To: /infoengr541@gmail.com
Attached below is my I.D with some of my official pictures for your
confirmation.


Please let everything about this issue be confidential between both of
us only for security reasons .

Thanks.Yours Truly,Engr Sufian
Website :www.syria-oil.com

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