419 scam: "Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida,"<avianense@sapo.pt> Private & Confidential

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "@lawyer.com" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- warmland@lawyer.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida," (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.dalhatu@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 08:30:30 -0700
Subject: Private & Confidential

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Hello Dear,

My name is Dalhatu Sarki Tafida a contractor from Azaz district in Alepo in the eastern region of Syria.

I have been faced with the worst situation of life due to the unending civil war in my country, my family and I, have been downgraded to a pitiable situation which

has made us to flee to Germany.

The reason of my email to you is because i have a business proposal,that might be profitable to us both.

To brief you a little is that before the civil war breakout, i had a Hugh governmental contract which i executed successfully and made a substantial amount of money,Now because of this unrest in my country,this has crippled the economy and for this reason i cannot invest this money in my country any more and due to my present situation here in Germany as an asylum seeker,this situation has made it impossible for me here in Germany to carry on my goal.

Due to this current situation , i find it suitable and logical that it is better if this money is invested in a foreign country were transparency and trust exist.

So this is why i am looking for an investor who can help me to invest this money into something lucreative in his or her country.

So please Sir/Madame If you are interested and you know you are capable to invest this funds for me, please kindly contact me for more details on my

private email address please :warmland@lawyer.com

Best Regards

Dr. Dalhatu Sarki Tafida,

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