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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: Omino Naad <futurelifedreams@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Omino Naad <oa123456ao@yahoo.com.sg>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2015 13:53:36 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: This is why i am writing to you.




Hello,
I came across your email address in the internet, as i was searching for a foreign business partner who can help me to invest my fund overseas in profitable business ventures. It was after going through your profile which projected you in good order that i made up my mind to write you. I believe you can help me if you wish to. My reason for contacting you is that i want you to assist me in the area of investing my fund in profitable business ventures and equally to provide a safe bank account where the fund would transferred to. The amount involved is $6,300,000 ( Six million three hundred thousand United States dollars),it was deposited in one of the banks in Senegal,some years ago by my father, in which my name appeared as his next of kin and beneficiary of the fund in the bank's official deposit file. I want you to be my business partner and foreign representative and to assist me in the would be investment projects. Your duty is to first help me to secure the transfer of the above mentioned amount of money to a safe bank account in your country after that is done, we then start investing the fund.

Please,let me introduce myself to you,my name is Mr Omino Naad,i am from the Republic of Sudan. My late father Mr Steve Naad was a well known oil and gas dealer when he was alive. My father and mother were attacked by armed bandits inside our house in Omdurman one early morning and both of them were killed in cold blood, these are evils perpetrated by heartless people in the bloody war which was fought in my country. I was at the University reading petroleum engineering when this sad incident occurred. I am the only person that is alive in my family,it gives me nightmares and sleepless nights whenever i remember the brutal death of my parents. I managed to escape from my country to Senegal where i am seeking for political asylum.

It is very important for you to know that i am an asylum seeker here in Senegal and the law of Senegal does not allow refugees and asylum seekers to operate accounts in banks or to withdraw money from banks. The director of the department of foreign transfer of the bank made this point known clearly known to me when i went to his office and told him that i want to take possession of the fund,he advised me to search for a foreign business partner who will help me to secure the transfer of the fund to a safe bank account overseas and also help me to invest it in profitable business ventures. He also told me that the bank will require,(1). A "legal contract agreement document", signed between me and my foreign business partner,(2). An affidavit of oath sworn on your behalf and on my behalf at the federal court of justice by a lawyer and, (3). A "power of attorney", prepared in your name by a  resident lawyer in Senegal. According to the director of the bank,the three documents will give you legal authority to secure the transfer of the fund from the bank where it is currently deposited to your bank account on my behalf. He also made it very clear to me that without providing the legal documents mentioned above, the fund will not be transferred by the bank.

Please, i beg you in the name of God to help me, i need your help in all areas of this transaction including taking care of any expenses that may arise in the process of this transaction. I want you to know that i am suffering so much in this place,as a refugee the law of Senegal does not allow me to go to the bank and cash some money out of the fund just because of my refugee status. My present situation is very bad and calls for urgent need and attention, i am finding it very difficult to feed myself and to take care of my personal needs because of the law of this country where i am, which does not allow refugees to withdraw money from banks or operate account in banks.
 
I am giving you 10% of the total sum as your commission for the help you are going to give me by providing a safe bank account where the funds would be transferred to, before we start investing it in your country. You will also be entitled to an agreed percentage commission on accrued profits after investment. I have full confidence in your ability to assist me based on what i saw in your profile. For you to be sure that the investment proposal email i sent to you is real and genuine, i am inviting you to come down to Senegal to see me in person for you to see a physical proof that the funds was deposited at one of the banks here in Senegal by my father before his untimely death. If you arrive in Senegal both of us will go to bank where my father deposited the money and get it transferred to your overseas bank account before traveling together back to your country for our future investment projects. I consider meeting you in person very important. I am convinced that you have what it takes to help me and surely you are going to help me if you have the love of God in your heart.

My personal information:
Name: Omino Steve Naad
Address: No. 60 Cite Mermoz, Dakar,Senegal
My telephone number: +221-703-323-364
My skype address: omino.naad
Email address: ominonaad979@yahoo.com.sg

Feel free to reach me through the above telephone number. See my skype address written above, if you have a skype account you can add me to yours so that we can talk on skype.

You should reply me back at this email address ( ominonaad979@yahoo.com.sg ). I will give you more details and also send you a scanned copy of my passport and my pictures immediately i receive you expected positive reply from you. Thanks and God bless.
Yours sincerely,
Omino.


 


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