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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:
- The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- omartareek82@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: =?UTF-8?b?R8O2eWfDtmwgUmF5b24gTcmZcmvJmXppIFjJmXN0yZl4YW5h?=
<omarsaeedtareek51@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 15:18:14 +0400
Subject: RE.VERY IMPORTANT
Dear Friend,
 This message might meet you in utmost surprise. However,
 it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made
 me to contact you for this transaction. I am a banker by
 profession here in Madrid,Spain and currently holding the post
 of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.
 I have the opportunity of transferring the left over funds
 ($20 million USD) of one of my banks client Mr Bernard
 Madoff an American citizen who has been jailed 150 years on
 29 June 2009 in the United States. You can confirm this by
 clicking on this web sites
  https://www.bbc.com/news/business-56750103
  https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bernie-Madoff
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDqGSmTPtOQ
 Hence, I am proposing to you a business deal where this
 money can be shared between us in the ratio of 65/35 %. If
 you agree to my business proposal. Further details of the
 transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your
 return mail. Have a great day.
 Get back to me on my private E-MAIL (omartareek82@gmail.com)
 Yours sincerely,
 DR.Omar Saeed Tareek
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