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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: "Alhabili Mohammed Salah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <salah.alhabilim@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2017 08:46:11 -0700
Subject: Greetings

Good day, I am Alhabili Mohammed Salah, Private Lawyer, Legal consultant, secret Financial Adviser and Overseas funds disbursement agent to Saudi businessman and billionaire Sheikh Walid Juffali. Mr. Juffali secretly assigned me to facilitate the movement of 75M Euro to an investment company in Europe and unfortunately Mr. Juffali passed away in Zurich last year following a lengthy battle with cancer. You can confirm this on the websites below: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/23/saudi-billionaire-dies-weeks-after-model-ex-wife-granted-75-mill/ http://www.khaleejtimes.com/region/saudi-arabia/saudi-billionaire-dies-two-weeks-after-ex-wife-was-awarded-75m The news about his death came as a big surprise as no valid declaration about his funds in Europe was made. I am currently in Europe from Saudi Arabia as the investment company has mandated me to present Mr. Juffali's personal representative who will claim the funds following his documented mandate. I was made to understand that failure to respond to their ultimatum may legally give room for the company to report such funds to the Central Bank of UK which could lead to confiscation of the fund. I write now to solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction/deal; this is by virtue of its nature as being absolutely confidential due to the magnitude of money involved as well as its classified nature and I have decided to contact you with this privilege opportunity. Upon your acceptance to cooperate, I resolve that 40% of this money will be for you, 40% for me and 20% goes to any acceptable charity organization. All relevant documents concerning the release of this fund are intact in my possession and it is my intention to introduce you to the financial institution as the viable beneficiary to late Mr. Juffali's fund. Please note that I have all it will take to back you up legally for the claim of the fund and I will not hesitate to provide all the legal documentation to back up your claim as my client’s personal representative. For security & confidential reasons; I strongly advise that you contact first me via my private email, once you get in touch with me, I promise to open up to you the full breakdown of the entire process step by step. Finally, it is my utmost concern to demand your ultimate honesty, co-operation and confidentiality; as I guarantee that this process would be executed under a legitimate process that would legally protect you and I from any breach of law. I look forward to hear from you. Best Regards, Alhabili Mohammed Salah Private Email: salah.alhabilim@yandex.com

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