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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: "MR WALEED ABALKHAIL" <waleedab70@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:06:48 +0000
Subject: UPDATE REQUIRED

Good day

How are you doing?Thanks for the response and immediate reply to my mail.

I would like to make it clear to you that this job offer is truly legal and you can count on it.

Your duty pertaing this job offer is not stressful as you might be thinking,and i would state it once more that you don't have any monetary bills to make for our company.

You are only advised to fill in the required informations sent to you in my previous mail,and after that you might be approved by the company to be one of our representatives.

Your duty is just to help us receive payment by our customers on our behalf,and only 10% of any transaction will be yours.

Also,we do not disclose the identity of our workers to those that we do not know,and have mutual understanding with.

It is only when you have been accredited as our payment receiveing worker that you are entitled to know as much as you want about the company.

If this terms are clear enough,you can send the details about yourself back to me as soon as possible,only if you are interested.

Have a nice day.

Mr Waleed Abalkhail



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