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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: "Ali Haidar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <a_haidar7070@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 05:45:38 -0700
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU ?...

Dear Sir/Madam
 
I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Trade Center Chambers of Commerce
 
directory here in Syria,I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business.
 
I only pray at this time that your address is still valid. I want to solicit your attention to receive money on my behalf.
 
My Name is Ali Haidar, born in Hama in 1962. I  studied ophthalmology at the Damascus University, and specialized in surgery
 
and eye diseases. While studying ophthalmology I was in class with Bashar al-Assad and graduated the same year.
 
I am  one of the opposing candidate elected into Parliament in May 2012 was given a ministerial post, The other person Jamil
 
Qadri, Ali Haidar's major goal is to search for a pluralistic political solution through reconciliation meetings involving
 
all parties mutually recognizing each other's right to participate in society and governance while excluding extremists
 
Syrian civil war On 12 February 2013, I started in a press brief that the Syrian government can hold peace talk with head of
 
Syrian opposition captained by Moaz al Khatib.
 
 
Right now i have big problem with the president Bashar al-Assad because i told him to stop the war and embrace peace and he
 
is threatening to remove me out of office and kill me. But I have some money in my country that I need some one to help me
 
receive it if I smuggle it out of my country. If you can help me, we can discuss it on this media because all my telephone
 
conversations are being monitored by the government.I will give you more details when I hear from you.
 
Ali Haidar.

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