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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: muktar kamal <muktarkamal8@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: muktarkama7@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 4 Jul 2006 11:25:30 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Please get back to me


Asalamalakum,

Thank you for your response to my business proposal to you, as I do explain in my first mail to you. My name is Mr.muktar Kamal, I am the Head of the Committee in Aramco Oil Refinery. Our Committee was appointed to reconcile all outstanding depths and also the physical cash available with the company.

On our process in reconciling the account, I and my group do find out that there is $32 million dollars which has no traces to any contractor or for settlement of depths, it was deposited in none profitable floating account with a bank. In urgent decision with my committee we decided immediately to withdraw the fund from the bank account and deposit it as a box of treasury with a security firm for onward transfer to European country where the security company has a diplomatic relationship with.

We decided to contact you for a help in this transaction to act as the beneficiary of the $32 million dollars which will be transferred by cash through the diplomatic immunity and you will also travel to claim the said fund as your belonging.
We have made every arrangement with financial consultant who was introduced to us by an oil merchant who mainly transfer cash from Saudi Arabia to Europe through the diplomatic courier service and the help of the diplomatic consultant.
The financial consultant will then perfect all documentation that will be used to transfer the fund to any account in the world under the European banking law. All this arrangement has been put in place. All we needed from you are as follows:
1. To arrange for immediate travel where you will be acting as the
beneficiary or the cash consignment of the $32 million dollars from Saudi Arabia.
2. You will provide your full information (your name, your address, company name if
there is any, identification). This will enable us prepare the document of
ownership which you will present to the courier service before they will hand over
the consignment to you.

3. We will need your private phone number for easy communication.

Don't fail to ask any question if you do have any.

Best Regards.
Mr. Muktar Kamal


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