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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: Khaled Ali <laboratorio@colfarma.org.ar>
Reply-To: <barrjkinoti@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Mar 2024 18:06:18 -0800
Subject: Congratulations

To whom it may concern,

I know it will be a great surprise reading from me today but consider this a divine intervention as the Lord explained to me. My name is Dr. Khaled Ali, An Egyptian philanthropist, the CEO and Chairman Dr. Khaled Ali Foundation. philanthropies a Charitable Foundation based in the UK, with one of the largest private foundations in the world by the grace of God Allah. I am also the Chairman of Kingdom Holding Company whose investments range from luxury hotels, including The LANGFORD INN Bristol, and media as the donation will be released to you from one of my Security Bank Account in Standard Chartered Bank United Kingdom confidently.

I believe strongly in giving while living’ I had one idea that never changed in my mind, that you should use your wealth to help people and your religion should not make you deprive the needies be you Christian,Muslim or Hindu and I have decided to donate GBP£350,000.00 Pounds to randomly selected ( 10 ) individuals worldwide each person receiving { GBP£350,000.00 } Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Pound Sterling only, am making this donation in order to build a better world of tolerance, acceptance, equality and opportunity for all and also I wished to contribute to the elimination of poverty and famine, and to support development, health and education in the most deprived communities since after the rampage of COVID19 which has made the less privileges suffers the fight of the giants.

The beneficiaries will spend the money on developing communities, providing disaster relief and supporting women and young people in their community. On receipt of this email, you should count yourself as the lucky individual. Your email address was chosen online while searching at random as stated above in case you imagine how your email was selected.

Feel free to contact my Lawyer Barr. Joan Kinoti of Bristol Court, United Kingdom at your earliest convenience with the following details so he will know your email address is valid to guide you further and provide you with the Authorization of Claim Certificate.

Your Full name______
Your Address_______
Your Country_____
Your Age________
Your Sex_______
Your Phone number___
Your Valid ID______

E-mail : barrjkinoti@yandex.com

You can read more about me on my profile through the link below
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaled_Ali

Warmest Regards,
Dr. Khaled Ali

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