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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: hali55603@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2015 02:53:33 +0800
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM



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 Dr. 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. Reply through: drallihaidar@gmail.com

Dr. Ali Haidar

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