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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: "Mr.Ahmad Moaz Al-Khatib." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ahmadmoazalkhatib00@inbox.lv>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 22:27:54 -0800
Subject: *URGENT BUSINESS INVESTMENT APPROACH



GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE NAME OF THE ALMIGHTY GOD. GOOD TIDINGS I BRING TO YOU THIS LAST DAYS OF THE ENDING YEAR, 2016 AS I HOPE AND BELIEVE THAT I CAN TRUST YOU TO SECURE MY FUNDS IN YOUR CUSTODIAN ACCOUNT AS I TRUST YOU TO HANDLE IT FOR INVESTMENT PROJECT FOR OUR MUTUAL GOOD AND GENERAL INTEREST. HAPPY BUSINESS DEALINGS AS I BOLDLY MADE THIS BUSINESS OPEN TO YOUR KNOWLEDGE AND HANDLING EXPERIENCE NOW.

MY NAME IS MR. SHEIKH AHMAD MOAZ AL-KHATIB ,LEADER OF THE NATIONAL COALITION FOR SYRIAN REVOLUTIONARY AND OPPOSITION FORCES.I PERSONALLY HAVE A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM THAT NEED AN URGENT ATTENTION WHICH I BELIEVE YOU CAN URGENTLY HANDLE FOR ME AS I WAS ASSURED OF YOUR CAPABILITY, INTEGRITY, CREDIBILITY AND GOOD REPUTE IN ASSISTING ME. MY DIFFICULTY IS, I HAVE HUGE FUNDS TOTALING TO THE TUNE OF US$370 MILLION THAT I DEPOSITED WITH A REPUTABLE AND TRUSTED BANK VAULT FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES. I HAVE JUST CONCLUDED TODAY THAT I PARTNER WITH A CREDIBLE FOREIGNER TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS AND INVEST WITH IT ON MY BEHALF AS THE POLITICAL CLIMATE HERE IN SYRIA DO NOT SUPPORT MY MOVING OUT OF SYRIA, AND COUPLED WITH MONETARY RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED ON SYRIANS BY THE ASSAD LED GOVERNMENT, THE FUNDS CANNOT BE MOVED INTO SYRIA EITHER AS I APPEAL FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO RECEIVE THE FUNDS FROM THE BANK VAULT WHERE IT IS BEEN DEPOSITED. MOREOVER I AM CONTACTING YOU AS TO KEEP TO THE TERMS AND AGREEMEN
T OF DEPOSIT WITH THE BANK AS THE

REPLY ME NOW AS TO ENABLE ME GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ABOUT THE INFORMED TRANSACTION. I PLEDGE TO REWARD YOU REASONABLY AND I ALREADY HAVE ALL ARRANGEMENT CONCLUDED TO SWIFTLY RELEASE THE FUNDS TO YOU ON MY BEHALF AS THE FUNDS WILL BE FINALLY INVESTED IN YOUR COUNTRY BASED ON YOUR BUSINESS INVESTMENT ADVICE AS INVESTMENT CLIMATE IS VERY CONDUCIVE IN YOUR COUNTRY AS AGAINST THE CONSTANT WAR AND CRISES HERE IN SYRIA WHICH DO NOT GUARANTEE AND SUPPORT GOOD INVESTMENT CLIMATE FOR SUCH HUGE FUND AS THERE IS NO SECURITY OF LIFE ,PROPERTY AND FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS HERE IN SYRIA.

SHEIK. MOUAZ AL-KHATIB'S SPEECH DURING THE INAUGURATION CEREMONY FOR THE SYRIAN NATIONAL COUNCIL.


REGARDS,
RESPECTFULLY YOURS,
MR.AHMAD MOAZ AL-KHATIB.

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