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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: "DR Rafaas wesi" <rafaaswesi@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: rafaaswesi1@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:33:33 -0000
Subject: Give Me Your Attention Please

DR Rafaaswesi
238 Emgariaf Avenue Tripoli,
Tripoli, Libya.

Give Me Your Attention Please;

I am DR Rafaaswesi,.Am a private investor
soliciting for investments under your able supervision
in Europe /
Americas on behalf of a displaced family of Mr. SHABANGU
HASSAN from
(LIBYA) the highest oil producing country in region of
Africa. The family
due to the unrest in their region,
which actually led to the assassination of their beloved
husband and
father Mr. SHABANGU HASSAN who is also my client.
The family is now looking towards an investment of
US$20,000,000.00
(Twenty Million United States American Dollars Only) in
a lucrative
business with minimum taxes e.g. Properties, Hotels,
Gold's/Mines,
Contracts and other lucrative investments in your area.
As soon as you accept this offer, the family will give
instruction to the
bank to transfer this fund into your account then I will
come over to
your country to have a face to face discussion with you.
If you are ready in this partnership investments, kindly
email me and
provide me with your contact telephone numbers and your
bank details in
order for me to call and discuss with you in details
towards the final
executions of this partnership/ investment.
Thanking you for your anticipated cooperation, while
looking forward to hear from you.
N:B YOU ALL SO EMAIL ON THIS EMAIL
BOX:rafaaswesi1@yahoo.co.jp

Best Regards
DR Rafaaswesi,
(For this Family)


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