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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: lukman Golding <admin@journalistlukmangolding.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2014 04:43:02 +0000
Subject: Information


Hello Dear,
I am lukman Golding a journalist. I am currently doing a documentary in
Syria on the ISIS and the wars in middle east,i ran into a 12yrs old boy
by the name Ahmed Salam a citizen of Syria.On the 21st of Oct 2014 young
Salam lost his entire family to a bomb blast from the dreaded ISIS,all
of his family members are all dead except him.Since i meet him i have
made several enquiries concerning his family and his plans for his
future.Salam told me about his fathers fortune with an organisation in
Europe worth over ninety eight million eight hundred thousand united
state dollars in cash and he told me that his father used to tell him
about this and about a reliable member of the organisation who can
always assist him to receive this inheritance in time of difficulties,I
decided to assist this young man because i can see the truth and the
need to assist him from my few verification's here in Syria.

I am contacting you to assist in the saving of this innocent boys life
and at the same time to stand as his next of kin in the receipt of the
above mentioned funds from the organisation in Europe,this young man
needs an international help to get his inheritance before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the organisation where this
huge deposits are lodged. Particularly the finance company where the
deceased had the funds deposited.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives here i
decided to see for an outside assistance to enable this young man to be
saved,i will be giving you all the details as soon as am sure you can be
trusted and your ready and willing to assist from your heart.We will
present you as the next of kin of the deceased since so that the
proceeds of the deposit will be released to your care.All I require is
your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch
with me by my email and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further about this transaction.We will go into details
as soon as i receive your kind response.
Best regards,
lukman Golding

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