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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: Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni <ali.tarhouni@yandex.com>
Reply-To: Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni <tarhouni@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2015 02:49:39 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Investment Proposal


 Dear Partner, 
                    Enquire For Investment  In Your Country   
 My name is Dr. Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni, I am former Minister for Oil and Finance on the National Transitional Council, Tripoli- LIBYA, but presently I'm here in Sarawak -Malaysia with my family, Due to the crises in my country. 
  Please I'm consulting you for my personal investment plan which I will like to discuss with you and to know the possibility of how we can co-operate and work together as foreign business partner; which I believe it will be the benefit to both parties if handled with honesty. 

If you have idea of any business in your country where we can invest the sum of USD$28.5Million, kindly reply me urgently and we will discuss on how to achieve this effectively. 
  However, due to the crises in my country Libya, I find it necessary to diversify my investments to outside my country to safe guard against the future of my family. For your kind assistant. I'm willing to offer you 30% of the total amount for your assistance, while the balance shall be my capital investment in your country when I come over with my Family. 
I am expecting to read from you soon, Yours Sincerely,  Dr. Ali Abdussalam Tarhouni.

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