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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: "Dr. Usman Ali Haidar" <ali.usman2014@yandex.com>
Reply-To: "Dr. Usman Ali Haidar" <aliazmah1@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 14 May 2015 03:12:21 -0700
Subject: Dear Sir,
Dear Sir,
My Name is Dr.Usman Ali Haidar from Syria. I find it pleasurable to offer you
my partnership in business. I am one of the opposing candidate elected into Parliament in May 2012 was given a ministerial post. On 12 February 2013, I started 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 in Syria and embrace peace and he is threatening to remove
me out
of office and kill me. But I have some money ($18.5m) in my country that I
need some one to help me receive it if I smuggle it out from my country. If
you can help me i will give you 40% of the total sum, and i will like to invest in your country. 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.
Thank you very much.
Dr. Usman Ali Haidar
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