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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: Mohameed Ali Kasim <alikasimmohameed2@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mohameedalikasim@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:41:42 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: FROM: ENGR. MOHAMEED ALI KASIM


FROM: ENGR. MOHAMEED ALI KASIM,
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC),
GARKI, ABUJA - NIGERIA.


CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU.

ATTN: SIR,

I AM ENGR. MOHAMEED ALI KASIMO FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED CORPORATION, I HAVE A DEAL OF US$48 MILLION THAT NEEDS TO BE TRANSFERED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OR IF YOU ARE NOT COMFORTABLE PROVIDING YOUR EXISTING BANKING INFORMATION, YOU CAN AS WELL WITHIN THE SHORTEST PERIOD OF TIME OPEN A VIRGIN BANK ACCOUNT FOR THIS TRANSACTION. THIS DEAL IS AN OVER INVOICED CONTRACT SUM, WHICH IS NOW APPROVED FOR PAYMENT/TRANSFER.

LET'S WORK IT OUT TOGETHER FOR OUR JOINT BENEFIT. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. MORE DETAILS SHALL BE GIVING TO YOU WHEN YOU INDICATE YOUR INTEREST AND WILLINGNESS TO WORK IT WITH ME.

KIND REGARDS,
ENGR. MOHAMEED ALI KASIM.


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