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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: "Mrs. Maha Al-Ghunaim" <carliholmi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mahalalghunaim1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 09:57:35 +0100
Subject: FIRST GULF BANK DIRECTOR

FIRST GULF BANK DIRECTOR


Greetings dear friend,

How are you doing today? I believe you are doing great?

I am Ms. Maha Al-Ghunaim and I work with the First Gulf Bank, Dubai (UAE).

There is an
opportunity I will like to discuss with you. Kindly write back if you are
interested so I can tell you more about it in details

as soon as i receive your
urgent response.

I am very sorry sending you email instead of posting this letter to you.I
did
it because of the

urgency involved.

Please bear with me and take this very serious and top secret also call me
after going through this mail.

I will give you more details after hearing from you.Also note that this

Is all about moving fund to your country for investment and you

will be highly
rewarded for that.The amount involved is $20 Million United State Dollars.I
will wait for your reply via this email (mahalalghunaim1@gmail.com) to
enable you know your position and your percent. Remember you have to
promise me

your honesty in handling your part for me in this regard.


Looking forward to be hear from you soon.



Thank you.



Ms.Mahal Al Ghunaim

Finance Director
First Gulf Bank,
Dubai,
United Arab Emirate.


Private Email: mahalalghunaim1@gmail.com
phone: +1(202) 753-6385

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