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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: "Khalid.M.H.Aladem" <info@notice.org>
Reply-To: khalid.m.h.aladem@qatar.io
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 17:18:22 +0530
Subject:




Complement of the day,

Although you might be apprehensive about my email, my name is
Khalid.M.H.Aladem
There is the sum of $19,500,000.00 in my bank, there were no Beneficiaries
stated
concerning these funds which means no one would ever come forward to claim
it and That is
why I am asking that you be my partner and we work together as
partners so as to have the sum transferred out of my bank into your
account.

Please if you are interested reply me back via this email:
khalid.m.h.aladem@qatar.io.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards
Khalid.M.H.Aladem


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