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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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Fraud email example:

From: "DR. ABDUL MUSA MOHAMMED" <drabdul_mmohammed@arabtop.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drabdul_mmohammed@governmentcontracting.com
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2005 17:02:12 +0400
Subject: DR. ABDUL MUSA MOHAMMED DAFUR SUDAN.

FROM THEY DESK OF DR. ABDUL MUSA MOHAMMED,
DAFUR SUDAN.

Dear

I greet you my good friend in the name of Allah. My name is DR. ABDUL MUSA MOHAMMED, I am an indigene of Sudan and a government parastatal and by the grace of Allah I have been able to run outstandingly the state and federal level of the Sudanese government affairs, more also before I joined politics I have been a very successful business personality and area of oil lifting business with a foreign company based in Saudi Arabia. With the level of my ability and capability in dealing with in top business men in oil field, I have raised my status of being a political (guru) this is to show that my struggle for survival has made me so influential and highly respected in society and as well a multinational million at the age of 45 years .

My good friend my country Sudan for about some time now has been undergoing a very serious political crisis which has render so many homeless gone to their early grave and disposed so many of what they have toyed for many years . Government forces and allied militant killed thousands in Dafur region especially in the first three month of 2004. Seized fire signed in April was violated and put so many to homeless.

My fellow good men and friends, I am writing this proposal to you to seek your assistance since I am in detention for about three months now in my state house in Dafur as government has started investigating all government officials of their account both in home and overseas where they discovered that am having a foreign account in Saudi Arabia mounted to $12m, but by the grace of almighty Allah they could not trace the foreign account am having in United Arab Emirates in a security firm the sum of $18m which I deposited to the security firm as a family valued goods.

I need your urgent response in this proposal hence I have appointed a barrister who shall help you secure all they necessary documents hence I have giving him the deposit certificate and all relevant information's about this business.
Thanks in advance for your understanding and co-operations.

My regards,
DR. ABDUL MUSA MOHAMMED


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