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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: Colonel Mohammed Eljahidi <wstanfin222@netscape.net>
Reply-To: mhammelidi@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 15:18:39 +0200
Subject: URGENT


Goodday ,
It may surprise you to receive this mail from me, especially when we haven't had any previous dealings. However I contacted you through this means because I received information about you. Secondly, I am using this means so that my personality can be sheilded until I am sure of your willingness to assist me in achieving the purposes of this business which will be of a high benefit to you and to my family.
I am Colonel Mohammed Eljahidi , Military Commander of POLISARIO (Political Front for the Liberation of Western Sahara) and a member of council of the National Secretariat of Western Sahara(Saharawi Democratic Republic). Prior to my promotion to this rank/commander, I was the second in command to the former military Commander General ABDELKARIM AL SHAREE .He was however killed in battle .THE PURPOSE OF CONTACTING YOU:
The struggle for the liberation of the Saharawi people from the strong grip of Morocco and it's despotic government, hasza enjoyed funding from private,religious and corporate organizations around the world, people and organizations recognizes our struggle.These organizations are the ones who assist/aid POLISARIO with funds and materials in execution of this war with Morocco. Before the death of my former Military commander(General ABDELKARIM AL SHAREE ), we were given some funds(US$35,000,000.00) Thirty five million Dollars by multi-national company donor to procure ammunitions for POLISARIO.
My boss moved and deposited these funds with a private security/finance company in EUROPE. In my bid to audit our quarterly accounts I realized that the records of the $35 Million was not reflected in the books. As I continued my private investigation I unclosed the source of these funds. I found out that it was my boss who deleted every record of this large sum from the accounting books because his intentions is to keep this particular funds for himself.
I called him to a meeting(two of us) over this issue .He told me at the meeting that the funds as part of the donations POLISARIO (Political Front for the Liberation of Western Sahara) get
year in and year out is to be kept for his use and the future of his family since the future of the survival of the struggle is uncertain.I saw his reasons and readily agreed with him because he promised me a good fraction of the money there and then, especially when I know that the money will never have a record trace ever. However, as fate may have it GeneralABDELKARIM AL SHAREE died at the war-front and I became the military commander . And in addition to that l am the only person on earth who has previlege of knowing the information of this
cash deposit.I have all the relevant documents pertaining to this deposit. I want to claim this funds knowing fully well that I have all the relating documents needed to claim these funds.
These documents are the Certificate of Deposit with which the Cash was deposited, and also the Deposit Agreement. I therefore want you to team/partner with me to collect the funds in EUROPE as I require a foreigner to perfect this operation.I will provide all the necessary documents in my disposal to lay claim to these funds-which as the requirement agreed-upon with the security/finance company.
The issue is this: I will transfer legal ownership of these funds to you so that you can then be the new beneficiary of the funds that way my link to the funds terminated for a smooth movement of the funds to you. There are no risks involved in this business because I remain here and hold all machineries involved in this business. I should also clearly state here that as long as you keep this business confidential there is no means whereby risk can be imported to it. This is because someone elses knowledge remain the only thing that can import any risk
to this deal.
This is a simple and straight forward business, but must be kept highly confidential so that we can record success in it within the next Few working days. Upon the receipt of a positive response from you, I will give you further details; outlining the method of operation which has
been mastered to pull this transaction through soonest.Therefore, please do reach me via my private e-mail,(ALTERNATIVELY) mhammelidi@yahoo.com
Let me reiterate it again, I will want everything about this transaction to be treated in confidence even if you are not interested.I await your response.
PLEASE, DO REACH ME ON THIS E-MAIL: mhammelidi@yahoo.com
Regard,
Col. Mohammed Eljahidi.

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