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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: "Abdelkerim Ali Mahamat" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdelkerim28@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2010 02:08:01 +0300
Subject: Business Investment

Good day my friend..pleas i need your trust in this because of what i have
seeing in life,

Permit me to inform you about my desire to seek for assistant from you and i got
the believe that good heart will allow you to help me out successfully. but
firstly about my self.

I am ABDELKERIM ALI MAHAMAT i am 21 years old boy now, i was born on the 2of jenury 1989.to the
family of Alaji mustafa.and my father name is (Late lawan mustafa) he is a very
wealthy gold and exchange market who based in chad and Saudi respectively, and I
am there only child.i school in chad as a kids i finish my high school in united
kingdom and things were going on well for me and my parents till later that
year in 2007 my mother died,

My father took me so special because i am motherless. and he shower all his love
on me and promised me that he will never have another woman because he did not
want me for any problem.but before the death of my father on the 12th December
2008 in a private hospital in chad, he called me secretly to his bed side and
told me that he kept a sum of $15.200 000 united states dollars) in a bank in united Arab emirate
and another $22 million united state dollars in Nordea bank in Finland and $11 million in united nation
office in Egypt that he used my name as the nextof kin in deposit of the funds.

He also explained to me that he knows it was because of this money he was
poisoned by his brothers so they can take over the wealth he inherited from they
late father Alaji MAHAMAT and that i should not let any one know about it if not
they will kill me also if they know i have this money other my care he told me where to find the document covering the funds
and ask to seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, such as ;real estate
investment or stock market investment,and ask me never to go to chad if i live,
Please i am honorably soliciting your kind assistance to pleas stand to help me
as a uncle or family to transfer this funds for me and invest it for me if you
can help me pleas roved me as follows.

1) a bank account where this money will be transferred into.

2) To serve as the guardian of these fund ,since i am 21years old.

3)To make an agreement with me that the funds is my i insured it in your hand as
a Yong man to invest for me and to make an arrangement for me in your country to
continue my educational career and to procure me a residential permit in your
country

I am inclined to offer you my investment manager and your percentage of the
total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful
transferring of these funds to your nominated account overseas.Please i will be
very happy if this transaction will be concluded with in the shortest time
because i am about to live chad to keep my life save.I am expecting to hear from
you as soon as possible.

May Almighty Ala bless you as you do care for me Amen.

Best regard

ABDELKERIM ALI MAHAMAT

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