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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Alhaji Omar Al Mubarak" <financial@livredepragas.com>
Reply-To: "Alhaji Omar Al Mubarak" <info.omaralmoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2022 23:02:57 -0800
Subject: Good Businesses.

Dear Sir / Madam,

My name is Alhaji Omar Al Mubarak, Investment Director of Barex Brokers Limited UK, I work as an Investment Portfolio Manager, mostly for private, discrete clients and government personnel. I have been able to manage a few Investment Portfolios for private ultra-high net worth clients from different countries, mostly the Sub Saharan Countries and a few from the Gulf regions.

In recent times, I have been able to secure unlimited authority due to my financial projections and decision making on Investments which has yielded a good ROI for my clients, hence my main reason for contacting you via this memo. My scope of obligation is to create and source for investment opportunity in any profitable short & long term ventures with calculated minimal risk and investment returns for my client by liaising with Project and Business Owners for Investment funding and partnership.

In a bid to re-profile Investors crude oil portfolio /bonds/ funds in excess of US$1B via Investment funding, Loan or debt finance under a mutual understanding with adequate measures to ensure and guarantee maximum ROI due to the current market crisis, we are aiming for viable business and sustainable investment opportunities for collaborations. Should you wish to engage further, please write back immediately on the below mentioned email address, and I shall be pleased to discuss in more details and share vital information for your kind attention.

In the event, this is not of interest to you, Kindly disregard the content and destroy this memo. Many thanks for your anticipated understanding and Kind cooperation, while we look forward to a mutual business relationship.


Sincerely Yours,
Alhaji Omar Al Mubarak
Investment Director
Barex Brokers Limited UK
Suite 16, 13-16 Craven Hill Gardens,London,W2 3EH
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