419 Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam (YYYY-MM)

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- ibraddadsyroilmin@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Anthony Hall <hall.anthoo@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2017 21:17:40 -1200
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST IN YOUR COUNTRY'S REAL ESTATE. I NEED A TRUST WORTHY
FUND MANAGER / PARTNER.

My Good friend,

My name is Ibrahim Haddad, I was the former Minister of Oil and
Mineral Reserves in Syria. I have 40M USD in Jakarta Indonesia which I
want to invest in your country. I need a trust worthy experienced fund
manager to invest and manage the fund for me within a period of 10
years. I have some other funds in safe deposit vaults in Thailand,
Cambodia and Nairobi Kenya.

I also have another $20Million USD in Real estate bank of Syria which
I want to transfer out of Syria to a peaceful country. If you prove
trust worthy, you will be my future business partner and fund manager,
and I will hand over part of the above stated funds in your care. I
want you to reply me as quickly as possible, and I will want to know
you better before we can proceed. For security reasons kindly reply me
with my private email address: ibraddadsyroilmin@gmail.com

I await your quick response ASAP.

Regards,

Ibrahim Haddad.
ibraddadsyroilmin@gmail.com

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