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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: "Dr. Danile Molnare" <danilemolnare@outlook.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Danile Molnare" <danile_molnar@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2014 13:37:24 +0900 (JST)
Subject: My Name is Ahmed Sayid.please I am looking for urgent assistant


 
Dearest, 
Greetings in name of the almighty Allah
I know this letter might come as a surprise to you but i wish you could understand me to help me finalize this transaction.
My Name is Ahmed Sayid the only child of Mr. Hakeem Sayid we are originally from Syria but now in London, United Kingdom.  In brief, my father was an Oil merchant and a contractor in Syria, during the beginning of the crisis in Syria we relocated here in London, My father told me and my mother his interest in importing beverages and energy drinks to London as it is of high demand here. After his conclusion, my father on that fateful day went to Syria on a business discussion and was murdered by some militant gunmen, He never returned to us.    

On the outbreak of this sudden death my mother took ill and died few months after my father`s death. Before my mother`s death she told me in confidence in her sick bed of my father`s deposit of a sum totaling Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars deposited through a financial agent attached with the South African High Commission in Dubai UAE. She gave me the deposit document which i have already confirmed with the security Company and also confirmed with the consulate that is now in Indonesia. Now i have a problem, As the next of kin to this money i need to move the funds to a trusted hands to avoid me loosing this money based on my country`s reputation and sanctions. I have no one to help me here after the death of my mother i have to go into asylum in one of the UN refugee camp here just to hide my identity.

Please i need your help to assist me get the money out from the company to your country or any safe place, Secondly to get me over to your country so that i will start a new life like every other child i am only 17 years and will turn 18 by June next year. Please, this transaction is not joke but i need someone whom i can trust or call my own parent. If you want to assist me kindly send to me your full names and address, private telephone. Once i hear from you i will introduce you to the consulate so that he will arrange on how to bring the funds to you. please all i need is your trust and i will make the consulate believe that we have known each other even when i was small as you are my father`s foreign business partner.

I hope to hear from you
Yours sincerely

Ahmed Sayid

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