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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: Saif al Shehhi <s.ashehhi01@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: Saif al Shehhi <s.a.shehhi@g.pl>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 01:16:14 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Pls Reply Urgently




 
Greetings,






My Name is Saif Al Shehhi, a senior Bank Officer here in Abu Dhabi, in United Arab
Emirates. I am writing you,following an opportunity in my office that will be of 
an immense benefit to both of us.






In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$26,700,000.00 (Twenty six
Million, Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of 
our foreign customers Late Mr. Amir Khouri an Iraqi businessman who unfortunately 
lost his life in the May 26, 2006 Earthquake disaster in Jawa, Indonesia that killed
over 5,000 people. He was in Indonesia on a business trip and that was how he met his end.






The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, 
particularly due to the sensitivity of the transaction and the confidentiality herein.






I personally has been un-successful in locating the relatives for 2 years now. Therefore I 
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Beneficiary so that the proceeds of 
this account valued at US$26,700,000.00 can be paid to you instead of letting the bank 
confiscate the money since nobody has shown up for the claim or applied in writing for 5yrs 
since the funds where deposited.






Regarding the sharing, I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds equal,
 to both parties. All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to  enable 
us sees this transaction through.
 I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from 
any breach of the law.






Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated and please ensure you keep this 
business very confidential. Once I hear from you I will then furnish you with more details of how 
we are going to successfully conclude the transfer.








Best regards,









Saif Al Shehhi.

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