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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: "Dr M. Sayed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barrmsayed@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 00:32:06 +0200
Subject: Good day and Reply urgent.

Dear Friend,

I know this mail will surprise you as we have never met before, you need not to worry as am using the only secured and confidential medium available to me to seek for your foreign partnership in a business transaction. My name is Dr. Moustafa Sayed an Attorney principal partner with SAYED & SAYED Law firm Damascus Syria. Kindly check our Law Firm website to view my profile: http://www.sayedlaw.com/.

Am a legal Attorney to the family of Late Syria Air Defense Chief Gen Hussein Ishaq who was killed by Syria fighting rebels on May 2014.The Reason why am contacting you is, there is substantial amount of fund I helped Late Gen. Hussein Ishaq deposited with a Bank in Asia in 2010 before the Syria war started. I am the only one not even any members of his family is aware of this deposit before he died, being a Military Man, I was mostly in-charged of his financial investments as his Attorney which I have long handed over to his family. Since he died last year, this particular fund deposited in Asia, I have kept the secret within myself till this moment. The Bank contacted me early last week to provide his beneficiary to file for claim of this funds. I need you as a foreign partner to stand as the beneficiary to file for the claim of this funds.

I have all the proof of deposit and the last bank statement I received from the bank which I will provide for you if you agreed with this proposal. If you are interested in this transaction, you have to reply me immediately by providing me your contact details. After the successful completion of this transaction and the bank transfer the funds to you as the beneficiary, I will meet you up in your country for sharing and subsequent investments on your advise and direct supervision. 25% of the total funds will be yours, 8% will be for expenses and 2% will be for Logistics. The funds amount and all details will be known to you on your acceptance.

In my company website on..http://www.sayedlaw.com, you will see my contact details right there on my profile, but please do not contact me through the website for security reasons as this is out of my company transaction. When I receive your response and acceptance, I will provide you a private email address we will be communicating with.

Please, if you are not interested in my proposal, kindly discard this message and it's contents immediately, keep this message within yourself only because of the nature of this transaction for security reasons.

Waiting for your response.
Best Regards.

Moustafa Sayed (ESQ).
Principal Partner,
Sayed & Sayed Law Firm,
Damascus, Syria.
Private Email: barrmsayed@outlook.com

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