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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: "Mr. Ahmed Al Juma" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aljuma.ahmed@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:14:26 -0200
Subject: ## LOAN / PROJECT MANAGEMENT###

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am Mr. Ahmed Al Juma working with Abu Dhabi Fund for Development in Abu Dhabi-UAE, I am contacting you because of your excellent profile and the fact that you are outside UAE. My colleagues and I have decided to partner with you to secure a loan of US$37 Million on your name from the cooperative if you agree terms with us. First, you will apply for membership by completing the online membership application form because the cooperative only give loan to its member. When your application is approved after that, you will apply for the loan of $37Million. Be rest assured that with our backing your application will be approved within 2weeks from the day your membership was approved and the loan shall not be paid back and nobody will come after you. When the loan is awarded to you we shall have 70% of the loan and you shall have 30% of the loan amount of $37 Million.

If you are in agreement with my proposal let me know by sending your Full Name, Address, P.O.Box, Town/City, Country and Nationality other details include MAIN TELEPHONE, WORK TELEPHONE (if different) , HOME TELEPHONE , MOBILE PHONE , PRIMARY EMAIL and SECONDARY EMAIL to mail:aljuma.ahmedloanofficer@gmail.com

When I have received the above required information from you thereafter I will guide you to fill the online membership form to become a member of the cooperative.

Please note that, we have studied your profile and we know your position in your country we are not proposing this transaction to you to bring shame and disgrace to you or involved you in any criminal activity there is nothing incriminating in the transaction it is a normal loan application which will be reviewed and approved by the judges.

Do not hesitate to ask any question.

You can send back your response to mailbox:

Looking forward to hearing from you soonest,

Regards,

Mr. Ahmed Al Juma
aljuma.ahmed@gmail.com

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