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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: "suhail@ar.ae" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mdc0001112@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2016 03:44:56 +0400
Subject: Financing of projects/investments.

Assalamu Alaikum!
 
DO YOU CURRENTLY HAVE PROJECT/INVESTMENT CAPABLE OF GENERATING AND RETURNING 10% AROI?
 
If the answer is yes, I can help you secure funding from our Central Bank of UAE here in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, I intentionally wrote this letter to you because I am currently seeking means of investing the sum of USD520,000,000 million from our unspent 2015 budget allocation in any viable investments out of the UAE either in any of the following sectors, oil & gas, energy, mining, construction, real estate, communication, agriculture, health sector or any other viable business/project that are capable of generating 10% Annualized Return on Investment (AROI).
If you have a solid background and idea of making good profit in any of the following sectors mentioned above or any other viable projects, please write me for possible business co-operation. Moreso, I am ready to facilitate and finance any investment that is capable of generating and returning me 10% AROI, therefore soft loan financing, partnership and joint venture can be considered in this cooperation.
 
I look forward for discussing this opportunity further with you but please this should be a confidential thing between us, I hope you understand me? Meanwhile you can send me your Skype let me add you and setup a Skype video call with you in order to explain to you the way forward.
 
Sincerely,
Suhail.
 

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