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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. Gamal Mubarak" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <taoteeksallah@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 03:22:08 -0000
Subject: Re: FOR US...

I am Mr. Gamal Mubarak, son of the Former Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak. I got your contact from a list of goodhearted persons and felt you could be handy to my family on this vital issue. As you may be aware, our family is presently facing trial of maladministration charges in Egypt, and some of our family members are on in-country exile in our estate in Sharm El Sheikh and all their documents have been ceased to prevent them from traveling, but me and my wife were able to move out of Egypt to an undisclosed location in London UK.

At this juncture, I and my wife have decided that our “LAST HOPE” to the tune of $250,000,000.00 (two hundred and fifty million US Dollars) which was deposited in a bank’s security vault in Europe has to be moved to a secure location. We want to move this fund to you with the intention of investing it on any lucrative business in your country pending when the political turmoil here is over. You can find some of the story on the link bellow. Frankly, I believe you will keep this to yourself as it is between you and me.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/How-Hosni-Mubarak-Got-Filthy-usnews-3723955512.html?x=0

Note: You should contact Taofeek Sallah at taofeeksallah@yahoo.co.uk for him to assist you on the legal issues. We will give you 25% of this fund for your assistance. We guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the economic and financial laws of the government as it is a 100% risk free venture. Kindly indicate your interest in partnering with us by providing the basic details; full names, address, occupation and cell number.

Thanks for your assistance in advance,

Gamal Hosni Mubarak

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