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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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Fraud email example:

From: "samad gidado" <samad_gidado20032004@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 21:49:02 +0000
Subject: ASSALAAM ALAIKUM

ASSALAAM ALAIKUM

I Know that it is a thing of great astonishment to
read this mail and of how you were contacted .But if you open up your
mind and embrace this information, you will see it as a
Blessing to be contacted.I will start by introducing myself to you as
ALHAJITAJ SAMAD GIDADO.

I am the personal assistant to the Palestine
Leader YASSER ARAFAT who has just given it up for the ghost. But as
of now, I must tell you that am in a fix and house arrest since my boss
grew ill. His second in command got us all (those that work in close with
Arafat) arrested,threatened to kill us all then assume the office of our
boss YASSER ARAFAT. He even went as far as freezing all our accounts and
left us with apparently nothing to find our family of which now my own
family is living from hand to mouth.

Due to my boss trust and reliance in me, he entrusted
a lot of things to my care of which I never disappointed him.
But there is a particular box he kept in a security company which
nobody knows excepts me, so as his condition has gotten worst and am afraid
of tomorrow, I will like to take charge of that Box that has
$72,000,000,.00 USD in it before the second in command performs his worst.

You may ask why am contacting you, it is nothing but
that if I should pull this money into my account or else where,
the Palestine government is going to probe me and may seal may life
for ever if not life jail, that is why I will like you to come into this
place. I will give you the information of the security Company for you to
contact them, telling them that you are sent by me to pull the money that
was kept with them but before then I will contacted them about you so that
there will be nothing to suspect.

I have mapped that 5% out of the whole money will be used for any
miscellaneous expenses and who so ever that helps me in pulling this
money, will be compensated with 25% of the whole lot. Then the
remaining 70% will be kept for me in a safe place of your choice till
I come over to your place where I can invest the money into a
profitable business.

But if I did not make it to life, please kindly divide my own 70%
share into 2 parts, 1 part is to be given to charity organization. Then the
other remaining part to be kept for my family and you will do me the favour
of finding them and give it to them, though i will tell them about this
deal.

ALLAH guide us and bless us all as we proceed into this transaction.

ASSALAAM ALAIKUM

ALHAJI TAJ SAMAD GIDADO

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