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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. Mahamad Rkein" <info@cantv.com.tr>
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2017 16:38:04 +0100
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Assalaam Alaikum,

I am Mr. Mahamad Rkein, a chief Forensic Auditor to one of the banks here in Europe (name withheld). During the course of my auditing, i unraveled a secret dormant account with a floating balance of 25,000,000:00 EUR (Twenty-Five million Euros) and after a proper profiling of the account, i discovered that the account belong to one of the secret aides to Late Col. Muammar Gaddafi of Libya (name withheld for security reasons).

I have made series of investigations about this account, of which the result of my investigations proofs that the beneficiary of this account was sentenced to death by firing squad because he was a Chief spy to Gaddafi. And also the result of the profiling i have done on this account shows that the account has no next of kin because it was a secret account and a safe haven for stolen funds.

So I contacted you directly because i know you can assist me and get this funds out to a safer location. We will kick-start the arrangement on how to move this funds upon receipt of your response.

Note: This money was stolen from Libyan treasury, so details of this transaction must be concealed.


Contact me via my private email below.

Regards,

Mahamad Rkein.

Email: Mahamad.Rkein1963@msn.com

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