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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: "Mohamed Mustafa" <93902604m@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 15:12:48 +0200
Subject: Dear Partner


*

Dear Partner,

I am Engr.Mohamed Mustafa, the chairperson of the Contract Award Committee
of the OIL AND GAS Industry here in Malaysia. After due deliberation with my
partner, I decided to forward to you this business proposal that will
benefit both of us.


We want you to assist us receive the sum of Ten Million, Six Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars (US$10.6m) cash in your country, which we have
arranged to move out of here to a save place where we can have access to it
and invest the money, the fund is currently at a security company.


This fund resulted from an over-invoiced contract awarded by us under the
budget allocation to the ministry and the bill was approved for payment by
the concerned ministries and was dully paid. The contract was executed,
commissioned and the contractor was paid his actual cost of the contract.


Now, we are left with the balance of US$10.6m as the over invoiced amount,
which we have deliberately over estimated for our own use. Please note that
the law forbids civil servants to operate or own foreign accounts hence this
contact (that is why I contacted you).


We have agreed to share the money in the following percentages: 40 percent
for you, 50 percent for us 10 percent for re-imbursement of expenses we may
incur during the shipment of the fund to you in your country.


Note that this transaction is very much free from all sorts of risk (100%
risk free)hence the business was carefully planned before it was
successfully executed and we the officials involved in the deal have put
many years in service to our ministry. Upon indication of your interest to
fully co-operate with us and your readiness to receive this fund from us and
keep it save till we come to your country and share it, you are then
required to send to me immediately the below information for security
reasons and onward action towards this business deal.


As soon as I receive this required information, I will process the
transaction and direct the security company to immediately ship the fund to
you. But before that, you have to assure me that you are not going to
disappear with the money when it is successfully delivered to you in your
country.


1) Your full contact address where this fund will be delivered to you.
2) Your private telephone numbers.
3) Nationality
4) Occupation
5) Age/Sex
*


*My partner and I will come over to your country to arrange for our own
share and possibly invest part of the money in a lucrative business in your
country, this is as soon as the fund is successfully shipped to you and you
receive it in your country.


Let honesty and trust be our watchword throughout this transaction. Your
prompt Reply will be highly appreciated. and, you can as well contact me on
my Private Email Address for more information if you are Interested in this.
*


*Best regards.
Engr.Mohamed Mustafa
Mobile:+60149256151
Email:(**engr.mohamedmustafa@hotmail.fr*<http://mail.google.com/mc/compose?to=engr.mohamedmustafa@hotmail.fr>)

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