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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 Imad Mansour Ahmad <info1@office22.cf>
Reply-To: <usmangambo1@yahoo.de>
Date: Sun, 15 May 2016 02:25:23 -0700
Subject: Greetings & May Allah Bless You

Dear Sir

I apologize for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to the urgency and nature of the issue at stake, I want to count on you, as a respected and honest person to handle this project/transaction with sincerity, trust and confidentiality.

Let me use this opportunity to introduce myself briefly to you,I am Dr Imad Mansour Ahmad Khamis, principal secretary and a close confidant of the Syrian oil minister Sulaiman Al Abbas. I am presently in Syria right now and as you may know there is a serious crisis and war going on in my country Syria at the moment,see the below link. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/syria/9103136/Syria-open-warfare-on-streets-of-Homs.html

The honorable minister has mandated me to seek the assistance of an honest and reliable foreign partner to secure and release the sum ofUS$50M (Fifty Million United States Dollars only) as far as we can be assured that it will be safe in your care pending when we will get out of Syria as we do not know when this war will be over if at all it will end. This money is genuine, and was derived from over invoicing and compensations from various Oil Companies operating in Syria over the years.

We were able to secure these funds in Two separate countries.

The first $25M Twenty Five Million United States dollars in a separate country

Another $25M Twenty Five Million United States dollars in a different country

This is because of the saying that say's we do not want to put all our Egg's in one basket .

OUR MAIN CONDITIONS FOR YOU TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS ARE AS FOLLOWS.......

1. Once we are able to come out of the war zone by the grace of Allah the great and merciful , We are taking 70% of the total sum, while 25% will be for you and 5% should be set aside for your time and traveling expenses in this transaction.

2. This transaction must be kept highly secretive as we are still in active service to avoid public notice and all correspondence will be strictly by email for security reasons as all phone conversation is highly tamped traced and monitored.

3. There should be no third parties involved from your end or ours as most problems associated with transactions of this magnitude are caused by intermediaries.

If you agree with our conditions and ready to go ahead with us please kindly get back to me with your personal details i.e

A) Full name,
B) Contact address
C) Private telephone number.
D) Your occupation

Once I receive your positive response I shall then intimate you for your perusal.

Pray that we come's out of the war zone in order to meet you.

May Allah Bless You
Yours Faithfully
Dr Imad Mansour Ahmad Khamis

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