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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: Omino Naad <naad.omino@yahoo.com.sg>
Reply-To: Omino Naad <bb11bb22cc@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 21:16:44 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: This is why i am writing to you.





Hello ,
I came across your email address in the internet as i was searching for a foreign business partner who can help me to invest my funds in profitable business ventures. It was after going through your profile which projected you in good order that i made up my mind to write you. I believe you can help me if you wish to. My reason for contacting you is that i want you to assist me in the area of investing my funds in profitable business ventures and equally to provide a safe bank account where the funds would transferred to. The amount involved is $6,300,000 ( Six million three hundred thousand United States dollars),it was deposited in one of the banks in Senegal,some years ago by my father in which my name appeared as his next of kin and beneficiary of the fund in the bank's official deposit file. I want you to be my business partner and foreign representative. Your duty is to help me to secure the transfer of the above mentioned amount of money to a safe
bank account in your country. 

I hereby, introduce myself to you. My name is Omino Steve Naad, i am a black man from the Republic of Sudan. My late father Mr Steve Naad was a well known oil and gas dealer when he was alive. My father and mother were attacked by armed bandits inside our house in Omdurman one early morning and both of them were killed in cold blood, these are evils perpetrated by heartless people in the bloody war which was fought in my country. I was at the University reading petro chemical engineering when this sad incident occurred. I am the only person that is alive in my family,it gives me nightmares and sleepless nights whenever i remember the brutal death of my parents. I managed to escape from my country to Senegal where i am seeking for political asylum.

It is very important for you to know that i am asylum seeker here in Senegal and the law of Senegal does not allow refugees and asylum seekers to withdraw money from banks or to open bank accounts. The Director of the department of foreign transfer of the bank made this point known to me when i went to his office and told him that i want to take possession of the funds,he adviced me to search for a foreign business partner who will help me to secure the transfer of the funds to a safe bank account overseas and also help me invest it in profitable business ventures. He also told me that the bank will require a legal contract agreement between me and my foreign business partner and a power of attorney prepared in your name by an international resident lawyer in Senegal. The two documents will give you legal authority to secure the transfer of the funds from the bank to your bank account on my behalf. He also made it very clear to me that without the two
legal documents the bank will not transfer the funds. So i need your help in all areas of this transaction including taking care of any expenses that may arise in the process of this transaction.
 
I am giving you 10% of the total sum as your commission for the help you are going to give me by providing a safe bank account where the funds would be transferred to, before we start investing it in your country. You will also be entitled to an agreed percentage commission on accrued profits after investment. I have full confidence in your ability to assist me based on what i saw in your profile. For you to know the reality of the existence of the funds, i am inviting you to come down to Senegal to see me in person for you to see a physical proof that the funds was deposited at the bank in Senegal by my father before his untimely death, i consider meeting you in person very important. I will give you more details immediately i receive a positive reply from you. You should write me back at this email address ( bb11bb22cc@yahoo.com.sg ). I am waiting for your valued response. Thanks and God bless.
Yours sincerely,
Omino.

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