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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "a security company " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- abdelhakimalhasidi@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: Abdul abbass Khalid <abdulabbasskhalid@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2013 21:34:22 +0800
Subject: As-salaamu alaykum warakmatul-laah wa bare kaatuh
In the name of Allah the beneficent the merciful
As-salaamu alaykum warakmatul-laah wa bare kaatuh
May Allah continue to protect us from the madness of shaytaan.
My name is Abdul Khalid Mustafa, I am a citizen of Syria and the son of
late Mahmoud mustafa who was murdered on the 10th may 2012 in Aleppo on his
way to Damascus by secret agents of President Bashar Assad who ambushed him
and his drive for his alleged financial support and sympathy for anti-
Assad forces in general.
Before my father gruesome death my father was a successful business
man.When Anti-government protests started on March 2011,my father foresee
the end of Bashar Assad as it happen in Libya and quickly withdrew all his
money in our locals bank and send it out of our country and deposited it in
security company before the protests turn into full scale war.
We are presently being sheltered in refugee camps in Turkey where we ran to
when it becomes clear that our lives is also in danger.
We seek your assistance to help us invest and manage this $8,700,000.00
(Eight Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) my father
deposited in a security company until we are able to return to home.If you
are interested in assisting us to invest this money in your country kindly
reply for more details.Endeavor to keep this transaction very private and
confidential because its my family lifetime future investment.
Our father's lawyer who assisted him to deposit the money the security
company made us to understand that due to security purpose he advise and
persuaded our father to concealed the money in a trunk box and declared the
contents to the security company as family belongings,which means
management of the security company did not know that the box contained
money but family belongings as father declared the contents and it was
visible indicated on the deposit certificate that the box contents is
family belongings.
Thank you
Abdul Khalid Mustafa
NB:What will be your percentage for assisting us?
E-MAIL:abdelhakimalhasidi@yahoo.com
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