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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: Omar Al- Said <"www."@alto.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Omar Al- Said <omaralsaid98@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2017 09:28:57 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good Day My Friiend.

Greetings,

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 Omar Al-Said, principal
Secretary and a Close Confidant of the Syrian oil minister. 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.

The honorable minister has mandated me to seek the assistance of an
honest and reliable foreign partner to Secure and release the sum of
US$60,700,000.00 (Sixty Million Seven hundred thousand United States
Dollars only) to any Safe Country 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 a Security firm in my
Country.

OUR CONDITIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS.

1.You will give us 70% of the total sum as soon as you take full
custody of the funds, while 25% will be for you and 5% should be set
aside for any miscellaneous expenses that might arise from your side
in the Course of 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, We will talk on phone
intermittently if need be.

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. full name,
contact address and private Secure telephone Number

Once I receive your positive response I shall then intimate you with
the procedures and process we will undertake and get the funds over to
you safely without any hitch. While thanking you in advance remain
blessed as we enter this new venture together.

please E-mail:( omaralsaid98@gmail.com ) OR Call (+442033897179) if there is any question that you would
like to ask as i will try to make my self Available to speak with you
on the phone anytime any day

Yours Faithfully

Omar Al- Said

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