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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: Mustafa Amer Ismail <consultant.qatar22@gmail.com>
Date: 28 Jun 2021 19:45:07 -0400
Subject: TENDER REQUIREMENTS

Dear Sir/Ma,

I'm one of the registered and authorized International procurement consultants of the Qatar 2022 FIFA world cup.

The government of Qatar through the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup Local Organizing Committee has approved a massive procurement of your company products for nationwide distribution to Airports facilities, offices, stadiums, Hostels, Hotels,  Shops, etc as part of their national and regional sensitization

programs towards the hosting of the FIFA world cup. The packaging of your company products will be customized with the Qatar 2022 Logo.

The Local Organizing Committee is looking for a capable company to handle the supply of your company products under a bidding process.

I wish to know if your company will be interested to participate in this project so that we could discuss on our possible collaboration to ensure a successful bidding.

More details would be provided upon hearing from you.

Best Regards.
Mr. Mustafa Amer Ismail
Doha - Qatar.

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