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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: a_mustafa6@aol.com
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 20:34:42 -0400
Subject: Partnership Proposal.


Greetings!

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor against your will. I am Dr.Ali Mustafa.
Al-Maraghi a former executive director with Arab Tunisian Bank here in
Tunis; I retired 1 year 7 months ago after putting in 28 years of
meticulous service. During my days with Arab Tunisian Bank, I was the
personal account officer and one of the financial advisers to Zine
Al-Abidine Ben Ali the past Tunisian President in self exile at Saudi
Arabia. During his trying period, he instructed me to move all his
investment in my care which consists of US$115M and 767KG of gold out
of the Gulf States for safe keeping; and that I successfully did by
moving US$50M to Madrid Spain, US$50M to Dubai United Arab Emirate,
US$15M to Burkina Faso and the 767KG of gold to Acra Ghana in West
Africa as an anonymous deposits, so that the funds will in no way be
traced to him. He has instructed me to find an investor who would
stand as the beneficiary of the fund and gold; and claim it
for further investment.

Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the beneficiary of this fund and gold
that I have successfully moved outside the country and provide an
account overseas where this said fund will be transferred into. It is
a careful network and my voluntary retirement from the Arab Tunisian
Bank is to ensure a hitch-free operation as all modalities for you to
stand as beneficiary and owner of the deposits has been perfected by
me. Mr. Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali will be offering you 20% of the total
investment if you can be the investor and claim this deposits in Spain
and Burkina Faso as the beneficiary.

Now my questions are:-

1. Can you handle this transaction?
2. Can I give you this trust?

Consider this and get back to me on this my private email address
Dr.alimustafa@accountant.com as soon as possible so that I can
give you more details regarding this transaction.
Finally, it is my humble request that the information as contained
herein be accorded the necessary attention, urgency as well as the
secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project.

Respectfully yours,

From:Dr.Ali Mustafa. Al-Maraghi.
Dr.alimustafa@accountant.com

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