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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: Mrmahmood <mr.mahmood@one.co.il>
Reply-To: mrmahmood1@hotmail.fr
Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 14:44:10 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings From Mr Mahmood Ibrahim




Greetings From Mr Mahmood Ibrahim,

Dear Friend,

i need your kind attention. I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate this sum of ( US$10.5M ) to your bank account for the benefit of our both families.

only i cannot operate it alone without using a Foreigner who will stand as a beneficiary to the money, that is why i decided to contact you in a good manner to assist me and also to share the benefit together with me.

for the sharing of the fund 50/50 base on the fact that it is two man business
note that you are not taking any risk because there will be a legal back up document as well which will back the money up into your bank account there in your country

all i need from you now is to indicating your interest and I will send you the full details on how the business will be executed.

Please keep this proposal as a top secret Fill this information.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME................................
(2) YOUR AGE AND SEX............................
(3) YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS..................
(4) YOUR TEL AND FAX NUMBER..............
(5) YOUR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN..................

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Thanks & Best Regards,
Mr. Mahmood Ibrahim,

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