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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: "Sitbon Ahi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jato.negbi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 12:09:27 -0700
Subject: In Love and Light



I am Mr. Abdul Semie al-islam 17yrs old,son of Mr Ahi Sitbon a citizen of Syria from Allepo. I am a student with

former British International School before the war in our country,at the moment we are refugees livng in west

African sub-region.

I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$3.6Million Dollars deposited by my late father with a security

company, which I seek you to accommodate for me. You will be rewarded with 30% of the total sum for your

partnership. Can you handle this? Your assistance and support is needed to transfer the Three Million six Hundred

Thousand US Dollars out of the firm to your country or better still keep it with the firm as the new owner, or

transfer the cash into your bank account in your Country.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
This sum belongs to my late father Mr Heidi Sitbon,He made money while working with President Bashar al-Assad, as

an oil tycoon.My father was killed by the rebel forces amongst my mum and my sibling,I am the only surving child

because i lived in the school hostel and as a result of the war in my country snce on 15th of March 2011, we lost

everthing except This fund was left unclaimed in the custody standard security and chamical company for safe

keeping and without mentoining a beneficiary name makes it open for anybody to come in as the beneficiary and also

impposible to trace and for the fact that the money was deposited out of Syria makes the whole process risk free.

YOUR ROLE:
All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above mentioned sum and I will re-profile the funds with

the assistance of the company's officials into your personal data, which will enable the financial firm transfer

the right of ownership to you. I have decided to use my own share of the sum to relocate to another continent. The

processing of the transaction will take up to 10 days for a successful completion of the right of transfer to you

and immediately the right is transferred you can as well maintained the money with them or transfer the fund to

your bank account, I will come over to your country for sharing of the sum as agreed.

The transaction has to be concluded as soon and as I confirm your readiness to proceed with me, I will provide you

with details.
My best regards,
Tel:+2349033091496

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