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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: Ahmed Gumel <agumel_67@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <agumel02@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:52:06 +0000
Subject: INVESTMENT OFFER



Dear Friend. I hope that this mail will not be an embarrassment to you, let me introduce my Self I am Ahmed Gumel the first son of Late Alh.Mohammed Gumel of Mali who was assassinated by his political opponent. My father was a politician and also a business man when he was alife,he has coffee and coco farm, my father's farm produce coffee and coco in a large Quantity which he use to export to western world. After the death of my farther i took over to run the farm and his other Business as the first son. I have been running all his business in a good Condition also i have been exporting coffee and cocoa to western world as my father use to do. Now I want to invest with you or in your company as a partner, also i will be shipping this two product to you for sale. if I invest with you, you will be Taking care of the investment. I want to have you as a foreign partner. Please if you are interested to work with me i advice you to send your private telephone or mobile number so that i will call you and explain toyou more on how the investment will be carried on. I wait for your urgentresponse. Thanks for your co-operation. Remain bless. Ahmed.======================================================================Cher ami. J'espère que ce mai ne sera pas un embarras à toi, m'a laissé présentent mon individu que je suis Ahmed Gumel le premier fils de défunt Alh.Mohammed Gumel du Mali qui a été assassiné par son adversaire politique. Mon père était un politicien et également un homme d'affaires quand il était alife, il a la ferme de café et de coco, le café et le coco de produit de la ferme de mon père dans une grande quantité qu'il emploient pour exporter vers le monde occidental. Après que la mort de mon plus lointain j'ait succédé pour courir la ferme et ses autres affaires en tant que premier fils. J'avais couru toutes ses affaires en bon état également que j'avais exporté le café et le cacao vers le monde occidental en tant que mon utilisation de père de faire. Maintenant je veux investir avec toi ou à votre compagnie en tant qu'associé, également j'embarquerai ce produit deux à toi en vente. si j'investis avec toi, vous prendrez soin de l'investissement. Je veux vous avoir en tant qu'associé étranger. Svp si vous êtes intéressés de travailler avec moi le conseil d'I vous pour envoyer votre téléphone privé ou nombre mobile de sorte que je vous appelle et explique le toyou davantage sur la façon dont l'investissement sera continué. J'attends votre urgentresponse. Merci pour votre coopération. Rester bénissent. Ahmed
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