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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: "Dr.Ghufran Yadhar-malik." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.ghufranyadhar@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 05:43:22 +0700
Subject: CAN I TRUS YOU IN THIS INVESTMENT

Dear Friend,

Complement of the day to you and your love ones

I hope my email will arrive to you at good time.
My name is Dr. Ghufran Yadhar-malik.From Damascus Syria.
I am now 64 years old and retired. I was former personal investor & financial
consultant advisers to a Top Politician here in Syria.

Why I'm contacting you is to know if we can have a personal conversation.
Whatever truth you may brief me will be highly recommended.
Tell me more about your country, how good it will be to invest in your country.
Such as buying of properties, or real estate and some tourist places or any
profitable investment venture that will yield good profit.

I will appreciate whatever result you may brief me.
Do let me know your idea and knowledge regarding this or any other profitable
investment venture you may suggest.

I have large amount of fund deposited in South east Asia and
I am willing to order the transfer of the money to you for investment if your
interested with my proposal.

Furthermore, I want every of my dealings with you to be carried out legally.

In my next mail I will explain the full details of the project and interest, and then
we reach an agreement on what will be your share from the money or investment.

I shall tell you more about myself when I read from you.
You may as well tell me little more about yourself.

Waiting for your reply.
Thanks and best regards,
Dr. Ghufran Yadhar-malik.
Damascus,Syria: 6:15 AM.

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