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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: "ENG. MOHAMMED ALI AL-Bolkiah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammedalialbolkiahk@namur.be>
Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 13:06:15 +0800
Subject: IMPORTANT!!!!

Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh

We are a UAE based investment company,With a paid up capital of AED 2 billion and diversified interests in real estate, construction, oil & gas, trading & services, finance and health, Al-Bolkiah Investment & Projects Development Holding Company (Al-Bolkiah Group)is working on expanding its international portfolio globally
and financing projects worldwide.

We would be happy to receive a non-disclosure agreement (NDA)if you have any viable project ( Tell us little about the project) we can finance and partner together by making financial investment in form of debt finance, after which we can negotiate the funding modalities and duration of Investment and amount to invest. Name and personal number will also be needed for contact

Kindly get back to me if we can work together.


ENG. MOHAMMED ALI AL-Bolkiah
Group Managing Director
Al-Bolkiah Holding
UAE
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/eng-mohammed-ali-al-bolkiah/50/28/b22

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