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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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• 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.
  • sai_ah3@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Saidi Ahmed" <sai_ah5@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sai_ah3@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:22:39 +0100
Subject: From Mr.Saidi Ahmed.

Dear Friend,

Good day.
I decided to contact you after I went through my father's file. Hence I confide in you. I
sincerely seek your assistance.
My name is Mr.Saidi Ahmed, I am 22 years old whose entire family was wiped out as a result of an Egyptian Airlines that crashed into the Red Sea in cairo and I am the only son. Before the accident, my Father deposited the sum of US$7, (Seven Million, United States dollars) in my name. This money was deposited as diplomatic properties at the holding company.

After the awful incident, I flew down to Senegal from England where I was studying medicine at Oxford. I came to Senegal with all the deposit documents. However, as a young student, the company informed me that it is not in a legal capacity to put up claims to this fund, since it is considered that I would not be able to manage any investment now on my own due to my status and age as well. Therefore, the Director of the Holding company asked me to find either a family friend or a trustworthy business Partner to my late Father who would be able to live up to expectation of holding this fund in complete confidence and managing same until I come of age and graduate from the University.
That is the reason why I decided to seek your assistance through this means, since I was born at and spent almost all my times in overseas (London). Meanwhile, I would like you to assume the role of my late father's foreign partner in order to put claim to this money.

On our next correspondeces, I will like us to discuss your condition attached to this services and inform me of an easier modus-operandi to this transaction. If you are interested and capable, please get back to me immediately.You are also to send me your information like age, experience and contact data.

I look forward to your urgent and favourable response through my email address (sai_ah3@yahoo.com) I will also send you my telephone contact here when I am convinced that you would be able to support and assist me as detailed above.

Most Sincerely Yours,
Mr.Saidi Ahmed

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