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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: "Mr.Ali Shareef Emadi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emadishareef@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2017 15:43:34 -0700
Subject: Hello Sir.

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QATAR PETROLEUM DEPARTMENT
P.O. Box 3212, Doha, Qatar
www.qp.com.qa
 
Hello Sir.
    
I am Mr.Ali Shareef Emadi, Minister Of Finance Qatar Petroleum.I have a financial Business transaction of $10.5 Million US Dollars that i would like to execute with you.
    
Please kindly get back to me if you are interested, I have all it will take to move the fund to any of your account designate as a Contract Fund to avoid every query by the authority in your Country.
    
Regards,
Mr.Ali Shareef Emadi

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