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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: "Malik Mohammad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <malikmohammed60@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 23:24:46 -0500
Subject: Re: Goodwill Message For Charity

Assalam Allekum,
My name is Malik Mohammad . I am a dying man
who have decided to donate the sum of $18m million
dollars.) to you for the good work of the humanity.
Please contact me via. Email: malikmohammed60@yahoo.cn
for details information on this noble project of mine Please note
that I have WILLED $18m to you by quoting my personal reference
number Ms/Jds/533/0018/HtrI/33ln/eg so that i can confirm that you
actually received my email notice to you.
Wassalam and regards,
Malik Mohammad.
Email: malikmohammed60@yahoo.cn

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