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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: "William Gamel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wngamel01@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:49:28 -0500
Subject: Re: William Gamel 04

Hi,

I am writing you today about a transaction involving a large amount.

My name is William Nabil Gamel; I am 18 years old and the only son of Dr. Henry Samir Gamel, the former director of Pyramid Petroleum a major petroleum company in the middle east with branches in Syria, Egypt, The U.A.E and Saudi Arabia.

My father was a vocal opposition leader during the recent uprising in Syria and was killed by Assad’s secret police in January.

Since his death, my uncles have forcefully taken over our house and his business also with a treat to kill us all if we resist or complain.

Unknown to them my father has a cash deposit in a private vault in Europe which he kept in my name as a security for our family should anything happen to him as my mother is deceased. She died during the birth of my sister four years ago.

As I do not have a passport or any way to access these funds in this hired vault, hence I seek your help with:

1. Collection of the funds.
2. Relocating from Syria to your country or a safe country in Europe.
3. Assist us with the purchase of a house so my two sisters and I can have a home to call our own.
4. Getting a university place for me to further my education as I want to be a doctor.
5. Assist us with the investment of the balance of the funds so we can have a secured future.

If you can handle these five requests, then let me know so I can discuss all the details with you and give you all the documents needed to contact the deposit company.

We really need your help and would be grateful for the rest of our life if you can help us.

Please do not look at this as a chance to just make money but also as an opportunity to save three souls.

I am sending you this message from an Internet cafe, so kindly reply to my private email address as below:

Email: wngamel01@gmail.com

I am eagerly awaiting your response.

Thanks.


William Nabil Gamel
Damascus, Syria.

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