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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: Kingdom Holding Company <c_kingdomholding@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 16:00:50 +0100 (BST)
Subject: PROJECT PARTNERSHIP

Kingdom Holding Company
Kingdom Tower,
Floor 66
P.O.Box 1
Riyadh 11321
Saudi Arabia

Salaam,

In line with the recent international foray for profitable investment
haven across the globe, I seek this medium to increase my global and
domestic alliances via various services Including Education,Mortgage
Banking, Micro Financing, Real Estate Business and a host of other
profitable ventures.

If you think you are good in any of the mentioned business sector.
Kindly contact me for possible business co-operation.

Regards.
Prince Al-Waleed Bin Talal Al-Saud
Chairman Kingdom Holdings Company

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