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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: test@eisnot.ru
Reply-To: mohammed_akon1@yahoo.com
Date: 11 Aug 2017 05:34:06 +0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION.

My name is Mohammed Al Akon senior Manager of ( DIB ) DUBAI
ISLAMIC BANK. I am 55 years old man, married with four children.

I have a very urgent, confidential and profitable business for
both of us Valued at $25.5 Million (Twenty Five Million, Five
Hundred Thousand United state Dollars). This fund is an excess of
what my branch in which I am the senior manager made as profit
last year. I have already submitted an approved End of the Year
2016 report to my Head Office and they will never know of this
Excess. I have since then, placed this amount of $25.5 Million
(Twenty Five Million, Five Hundred Thousand United state Dollars)
on a SUSPENSE SECURITY without a beneficiary.

As a senior Manager of the bank, I cannot be directly connected
to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance
to receive this money as the beneficiary of the funds. If we
could do this together, we shall share this funds 50/50 between
us accordingly and this transaction is 100% risk free, as no-risk
involved in this and this is going to be a direct transaction.
All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this
fund.

If interested, please write back for more information, while I
shall explain more in details as soon as I got a response from
you if you are interested.

Thanks for your kind understanding, awaiting your response!

Best Regards,

Mohammed Al Akon

( Please reply to mohammed_akon1@yahoo.com )

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