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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:
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Fraud email example:
From: Tareq Omar <omartareq683@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:52:03 -0500
Subject: Urgent Response
I am Mr Tareq Omar . 52 years, male and the Audit Manager Arabian Foreign
Contractor’s Settlement Center Dubai Branch. My office monitors and
controls all foreign contract settlements here in Dubai Province of the
United Arab Emirates.
I am the final signatory to every payment file for the remittance of huge
funds moving within both on the local and international levels in line with
foreign claim settlement.
I wish to place your name as the beneficiary of seven million two hundred
thousand dollars from an over-invoiced contract amount here in my office.
I assure you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your
country and here in the United Arab Emirates once the fund is transferred
to your bank account.
I therefore solicit your cooperation to be in collaboration with me to have
this done, If you are willing to get back to me and I will tell you
information to enable me to start the processing of all the relevant legal
documents for the fund remittance.
Our sharing pattern once successful is 40 percent for your assistance while
I retain 60 percent.
Waiting for your reply soon.
Yours Faithfully,
Tareq Omar.
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