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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: "Keykhosrow Sobhe" <key_sobhe@yahoo.co.in> (may be fake)
Reply-To: k_sobhe@bizemail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2005 20:40:03 +0100
Subject: Urgent Need

My Dear,
Good day to you.

Let me crave your indulgence to introduce myself to
you. I am Dr. Keykhosrow Sobhe
, Chairman of Oil and Gas Ltd, Singapore.
we are OPEC members who deal on crude oil and raw
material and export into America, Canada and Europe.

I will want to solicit for your assistance to help
receive payment for me for
services and supplies I rendered. Each payment will be a little above US$4.Million Dollars.
Please if you are willing to assist, I would appreciate if
you furnish me with your particulars, so as to
enable me give you further details. Please, you have to
be an honest and trust worthy person, as more payments
will be made through you in the course of this
business transaction. And moreso you will be entitled to 10%
of every payment that you are able to recieve for us, from
our Customers. You can discuss about the percentage if 10% is not reasonable.

Please contact us for more information via k_sobhe@bizemail.com <mailto:k_sobhe@bizemail.com>

with the below informations filled out.


NAME..................................

MAILING ADDRESS.......................

AGE:..................................

STATUS:...............................

STATE/COUNTRY.........................

TEL/FAX NUMBERS.......................
COMPANY NAME.........................
OCCUPATION..........................
NAME OF BANK........................
We look forward in working with you in the near future.

Dr.Keykhosrow Sobhe
Chairman
Oil and Gas Ltd, Singapore.
www.oil.com <http://www.oil.com/>



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