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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.
- 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.
- dr.dohammedabdulaziz@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "DR. Mohammed Abdulaziz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.dohammedabdulaziz@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 11:17:47 -0000
Subject: I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Dear Sir,
I have the honor to introduce myself to you basically on universal brotherhood.
My name is DR. Mohammed Abdulaziz. I am the Director of Finance in the Central Tenders Committee (CTC) of the Islamic State of Qatar. Part of my official responsibilities is to ascertain, confirm and approve every foreign and local contract invoice for payment.
The government of Qatar through my office is presently awarding many local and foreign contracts for massive infrastructural development because of the FIFA world cup that will be hosted Qatar in the near future.
I have a deliberate over-invoiced contract bill amounting to US$11.6Million which has remain unpaid. I write to solicit your cooperation and understanding to transfer this money to your account for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement between two of us.
I have the capacity to process all the requisite legal documents to back up the transaction without any hitches.I will be glad to furnish you with more details if you write and indicate your interest to cooperate with.
You could contact me through my private E-mail: dr.dohammedabdulaziz@hotmail.com
I am looking forward to hearing from you.
Best Regards,
DR. Mohammed Abdulaziz.
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