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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: "MASHREQ BANK OF EGYPT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mashreqinfopayline@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 10:44:13 -0700
Subject: URGENT NOTIFICATION


ATTN:

It is about your inheritance payment here in our Mashreq Bank of Egypt,
somebody call Mr. Robert Adomeit came to claim your inheritance fund this
morning and said that you authorized him to claim the fund and that he is
your new Next of Kin.

He has provided the whole documentation as to prove that he is your next
of kin, the fund so the fund is yet to be transfer to his account. So that
is the reason why we contacted you to find out whether you are still alive
because he said to us that you are dead yesterday

Reply to this email below ASAP
Email: mashreqinfopayline@gmail.com

Mr. Mohammed Khan
Head of Administration





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