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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?solomon=20martins?= <solomon_martins02220@yahoo.se>
Reply-To: solomon_martins01@o2.pl
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:31:45 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: SOLOMON MARTINS LAW CHAMBERS


Jag har ny e-postadress!Skicka e-post till mig på denna adress: solomon_martins02220@yahoo.se



SOLOMON MARTINS LAW CHAMBERS

LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE LAWYERS

LONDON W1H 5AA



Attn: Sir,



My name is SOLOMON MARTINS, Principal Partner in SOLOMON MARTINS Law

Chambers, London, UK. I use to be a personal attorney to Mr. Mohammed

Saibi who was the chairman of Algosaibi Diving and Marine Services in

Dhahran, Saudi Arabia. Mr. Saibi died late last year of heart attack at the

ripe age of 79 years.



Mr. Mohammed Saibi a Saudi Arabia Philanthropist, before he died, made a

Will in my law firm stating that $5.2M (Five million, Two Hundred Thousand

U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any charity home of our choice

overseas as his last contribution to humanity when it became obvious that

he will not is alive for too long. His only son, Rasheed Saibi and his

entire family has no knowledge of this.



However, I am very much aware that he has left enough wealth that will

last his generation a lifetime. The true situation at the moment is that

the said amount of money was deposited with a security company only to

be paid out to a charity home.The charity home/organization would have

to be picked by my law office. This implies that you will stand as the

beneficiary to this Will so that the funds could be processed and

transferred to your account if you are ready and in a position to assist

me. You do not need to have a charity organization, all you need do is to

declare your interest and show seriousness.



The paper works to present you, as I will do the beneficiary’s am

particularly interested in securing this money from the Security company

because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the

beneficiary of this Will as soon as possible, else the account would be

made dormant since Mr. Saibi was ill for a long period of time before

his demise.If you are interested in assisting me, I will give you 30% of

the entire funds after paying taxes due to your government and expenses

during the course of this deal withdrawn from it. The balance will be mine

although I intend to send some of it to a charity organization.



I urge you to contact me immediately for further details if you are

satisfied with my proposition and feel you are in a position to assist

me. Bearing in mind the confidential nature of this transaction, I will

Prefer you respond through mail.



Yours faithfully,



Mr.SOLOMON MARTINS Esq.

For:SOLOMON MARTINS Law Chambers

- solomon martins


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