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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: "H.E ALI SHAREEF AL EMADI" <hshareefemadi@aol.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2017 19:59:44 -0500
Subject: INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY IN YOUR COUNTRY


Greetings,

I am H.E Ali Shareef Al Emadi Manager Account Finance, Qatar Petroleum. I have $60m for Investment in your country.
Contact me if you are interested, I have all it will take to move the fund to any of your account designate as a Contract Fund to avoid every
query by the authority in your Country. I sent this message from my private Email, I will give you more details through my official Email
upon the receipt of your response to prove myself and office.

Regards,

H.E Ali Shareef Al Emadi
Account Finance
Qatar Petroleum Company

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