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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: "Kelvin SAMIR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kel.samir@yahoo.nl>
Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 18:45:16 +0200
Subject: Personal Greetings.

Dear Friend.

Greetings and with a warm heart i offer you my hand in friendship and i also pray this email message meets you in a very good time. However strange or surprising as this message might seem to you for the fact that we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, i humbly plead that you take due consideration of its immense benefit; and i also apologize for infringing on your privacy if this message is not acceptable to you, for i make this proposal to you as a person really in need. First and foremost i will like to introduce myself properly to you. My complete names are Kelvin SAMIR, a native of Bahr el Ghazal in the New Republic of SOUTH SUDAN, the only male son to MR. MAYAEDIT SAMIR who is a formal employee of the Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture/Mineral Resources.

I am writing this email to seek for your assistance in helping me invest some of my father’s wealth which was gotten through inflated invoice on exported goods from his ministry foreign partners over a long period of time. These accumulated funds that was gotten during his tenure in office was lodged in a Security Bank account outside our country. Due to the death of my Father and the insecurity in our country, I left our Country as am  afraid we might loose these funds if our government or members of my father’s formal ministry found out about the documents relating to this funds and the wereabout of the deposit.

We will like to relocate these funds from its present location for positive investment purpose as this is the only way and means we can utilize this money and have a better future. As a matter of urgency, we ask for your assistance in investing this money on a viable venture you might suggest. I got your email contact through the Internet during my search for a partner and i hope you will not be annoyed with me for using this medium to reach you for a business venture of this magnitude, but this is due to confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium as i do not know of any other means to do this. I have decided to reward you with 15% of the total amount of the funds as your share in this transaction if you offer us your assistance in claiming these funds from it's location and also a percentage to be agreed from the profit that will arises from any business venture we might invest our funds into.

I will be requiring the following information’s from you to enable us discuss the way forward and the amount involved in this transaction.
  (a) Your complete Names and Nationality.
  (b) Your Mailing Address.
  (c) Your Telephone Numbers.
Be informed here that, the arrangement and logistics for this transaction have been map out and we shall remain grateful for your assistance all the days of our life. Kindly contact me on the following email address (kel.samir@gmail.com) whether or not you are interested in assisting me as that will enable me look for another partner in the event of non-interest on your part. Thanking you in anticipation’s of your kindness while looking forward to your kind response.

Yours Faithfully,

Kelvin Samir.
For: Mayaedit Samir & Familiy
Private E-mail: kel.samir@yahoo.nl

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