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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: "Her Excellency Suzzan H.Mubarak" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <SUZZANLADY@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2012 13:26:13 -0500
Subject: Re: Her Excellency Suzzan H.Mubarak

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mrs. Susan Hosni Mubarak, the wife of the Former President of Egypt, Hosni Mubarak. I got your
information from foreign brochure believing that you may have the good spirit of a philanthropist willing
to assist the oppressed for any kind of help and I felt that you could be of help to my family on this vital
issue. As you may be aware that my husband is presently facing trial on maladministration charges in Egypt
and we his family members had moved to the estate in Sharm El Sheikh and all our documents have be
ceased to prevent us from traveling.

Please, presently I and my entire family have what I will called MY FAMILY LAST RESORT to the tune
of U$50M (Fifty million United States Dollars) TO TRANSFER to you with the hope that you will invest
this funds into any good business in your country, pending when the political turmoil is over.Please if
you are interested in helping me to receive this money that is presently in an escrow account in one of
the African country.

After a successful process and transfer of this said money into your bank account, 20% of the total funds
will go to you and my son Alaa will come to your country immediately to start up a business with your
assistance so we will be able save for raining day.

I shall give you the contact information of my Account officer in the bank when you indicated interest and
he will assist you on any legal issues to change the necessary Documents / Documentation to your NAME
and Power of Attorney to secure this fund.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law as it is a 100% risk free venture.

Kindly indicate your interest in assisting my family by providing the basic information such as Full name,
Address, Age, occupation and cell number.

Thanks for your service in advance.


Sincerely yours
Suzanne Hosni Mubarak

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