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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mahmoud Haj Saeed" <printer@tptus.ru>
Reply-To: hajsaeedmahmoud@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 18:34:22 +0700
Subject: DEAR SIR/MADAM

Dear sir/madam,

KINDLY TREAT THIS INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL

Before I proceed, I must first apologize for my unsolicited mail to you. I
am aware it certainly is not a conventional way of approach to establish a
relationship of trust, but you will realize the need for my action. My
name is Mahmoud Haj Saeed, a Syrian, currently residing in South Africa.

I would like to share this confidential deal and opportunity with you,
with the hope that we can both work together for its success and mutual
benefit. Due to the current war going on in Syria, I came down here to
South Africa as a refugee. We brought Into the country through diplomatic
courier using the Red Cross funds (USD25Million) and lodged a private
account here in South Africa for four years now with the assistance of a
banker under a unanimous name. The bank is currently re-profiling and
consolidating all accounts to meet the central bank's regulations. In
terms of our bank’s policy, all dormant accounts must be re-profiled and
funds transferred to our bank's suspense account by December 2019, if a
beneficiary profile is not filed for claim before that date. Against this
backdrop, my proposal to you is to present you to our bank to re-profile
the account, claim and transfer of the funds to your overseas account for
our benefit.

It is within my authority with the assistance of the banker to lodge-in
your profile for re-profiling as the beneficiary of the account and funds,
regularize and approve vital paper works that will be recognized, accepted
and approved by our bank, and officially place you as the account
beneficiary. Then you can request the bank to transfer the funds to your
bank account overseas. This opportunity will be beneficial to both of us
and I have worked out all modalities to secure a successful completion of
the transaction.

Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and there are no risks or
obligations for any unsuccessful claim. I guarantee that it will be
executed under a legitimate arrangement without any breach of the law
either here in South Africa or elsewhere. Once the transfer is completed
to your account, I will travel to meet with you and we will share the
funds in the ratio of 50% for me, and 50% for you as your benefit. I urge
for your full cooperation in this deal, and also to maintain an
appreciable level of commitment and confidentiality, especially
considering my position in the country. The transfer will be done
officially and in the most secure manner while observing all standard
banking procedures.

Kindly let me know if we can do this deal together, and reply to my
private email address at: hajsaeedmahmoud@gmail.com. Upon receipt of your
response declaring your interest and cooperation, I will provide you with
more working details and my private telephone number to expedite our
communication. Should you be able to cooperate and assist to actualize
this deal, please be kind to inform me as a matter of urgency.

Yours faithfully,

Mahmoud Haj Saeed



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