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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: "Khalid S. Shehzad." <sgt.teresaotz@gmail.com>
Reply-To: khalidsshehzad@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 09:16:55 +0400
Subject: AWAITING YOUR SWIFT RESPONSE.


RE: From Khalid Saif Shehzad.

I’m Khalid Saif Shehzad, a director in the project and planning department
of the Emirates National Oil Company, U.A.E. I head a seven man Tenders
Board Committee in charge of contract award and Payment approvals. I came
to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a
very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign account. There were series of contracts executed by a
consortium of Multinationals in the oil industry in Emirates National Oil
Company, U.A.E among which was;
1) The expansion of Pipeline network within Emirate for crude oil and
downstream products distribution and subsequent evacuation- US$2 Billion.
2) Contract for Turnaround Maintenance (TAM) of various Refineries in
Emirate.
3) The construction of Storage Tanks for Petroleum Product
(Depots)-US$94 Million.
The original value of these contracts were deliberately over invoiced in
the sum of Twenty Five million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars
(US$25,500,000.00) which has recently been approved and now ready to be
transferred. However the companies that actually executed the
aforementioned contract have been fully paid and the projects officially
commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
into your account for subsequent disbursement; nonetheless, civil servants
are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Emirate Civil Service Laws)
from opening and/or operating foreign accounts in our names. Needless to
say, the trust reposed in you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we
have agreed amongst ourselves to offer you 15% of the transferred sum, 5%
shall be set aside for any incidental expenses during the course of this
transaction, you will then be mandated to revert the balance to us in due
course. You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the
following terms and conditions; our conviction of your transparent honesty
and diligence, that you must accord this transaction with utmost
confidentiality and secrecy.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Finance
Department of the Emirate, Central Bank of the United Arab Emirates and the
Presidential Task Force on Contract Payment for the immediate remittance of
the funds within 10 - 14 working days subject to your satisfaction of the
above terms. Our assurance is that your role shall be totally risk free. To
accord this transaction the legality it deserves, and for mutual security
of funds, the whole procedures shall be legally processed with your name or
any company you may nominate as the bonafide final beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 20 years in the
Civil Service of my country; I am very much averse to having my image and
career dented. This matter should therefore be treated with utmost secrecy
and urgency. Kindly expedite immediate action as we are well behind
schedule to enable us include this transfer in the first batch of the 2014
fiscal year contract payments.

Best Regards.

Khalid Saif Shehzad.

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