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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: "Ridabi Khalil" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ridabikhalil11@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2016 19:30:02 -0700
Subject: YOUR URGENT RESPONSE IS NEEDED

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor against your will.I am Ridabi Khalil a
former executive director with Arab Tunisian Bank here in Tunisia; I
retired 1 year 7 months ago after putting in 28 years of meticulous
service. During my days with Arab Tunisian Bank, I was the personal
account officer and one of the financial advisers to Zine Al-Abidine
Ben Ali the past Tunisian President in self exile at Saudi Arabia.
During his trying period, he instructed me to move all his investment
in my care which consists of US$88M and 367KG of gold out of the Gulf
States for safe keeping; and that I successfully did by moving US$52M
to Amsterdam Holland, US$36M to Malaysia and the 367KG of gold to
Brussels Belgium as an anonymous deposits, so that the funds will in
no way be traced to him. He has instructed me to find an investor who
would stand as the anonymous depositor of the fund and gold; and claim
it for further investment.

Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the anonymous depositor of this fund and gold
that I have successfully moved to Europe and provide an account
overseas where this said fund will be transferred into. It is a
careful network and my voluntary retirement from the Arab Tunisian
Bank is to ensure a hitch-free operation as all modalities for you to
stand as beneficiary and owner of the deposits has been perfected by
me. Mr. Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali will be offering you 20% of the total
investment if you can be the investor and claim this deposits in Holland
and Belgium as the anonymous depositor.

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this transaction?
2. Can I give you this trust?

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible, so that I can
give you more details regarding this transaction.
Finally, it is my humble request that the information as contained
herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the
secrecy it deserves.

I Expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.

Respectfully yours

Ridabi Khalil

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