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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: "Abdul Hashim" <infodesk6479@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2022 21:12:27 +0000
Subject: PARTNERSHIP INQUIRY

Hello Dear,

I am a broker and financial consultant linked with a high profile investor Sheikh Sulaiman bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi, a Saudi Arabian corporate figure and billionaire

We are personal advisers to Sheikh Sulaiman Bin Abdulaziz Al Rajhi a Saudi Arabian billionaire businessman and an investor who was the former Chairman of National Agricultural Development Company (NADEC). We have distributed funds for Investment deals and we would like to partner with you in your country. This deal involved the investments of USD125M. (One Hundred and Twenty Five Million Dollars).

We are by this letter offering you our partnership, so as to allow us to have you as representative and manager of invested funds in your country within the time frame of the investment/partnership scheme.

Since we can not determine if this email is still functional and also your willingness, we have kept this proposal brief.

If you are Interested in this offer of partnership, please respond and give us your full contact details plus company profile, and in response we will send you an elaborate proposal and details of this offer.
aYour expedient response will be appreciated.

Thank you.

Abdul Hashim

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