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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: Al-Shamali Ahmed <mraa94552@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2017 09:12:10 -0700
Subject: REPLY ME IMMEDIATELY..

Good day dear friend,

As you are not a nationality of my country; i have a business proposal
for you, and it will be for the mutual benefit of the both of us.

I am Mr. Al-Shamali Ahmed, Working with Bank Of Africa here in Burkina
Faso Ouagadougou, I will like you to help me in receiving this fund
$23.5 million into your Bank Account for investment (Hotel industries
and Estate Building management) or any profitable business in your
country and I will give you 40%, for your assistance.

NOTE: The fund has been dormant (in-active) for some years in our Bank
here without any body coming for it. I want to apply for release of
the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer Late
Capt. Rauof Noureldin, A nationality of Egypt (the owner of the
account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash
long time ago. I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as
an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I contacted you, so that
my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the
deceased customer.

If you are capable of handling this deal Contact me for more details .

IT'S A MATTER OF URGENCY!!!

Your Respectfully
Mr. Al-Shamali Ahmed

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