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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: "Ghias K" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 12:30:16 -0400
Subject: Confidential Message

Dear

Please, kindly give me your audience and permit to relay this message to
you. My name is Ghias M. K., a Pakistani by nationality and Personal Aid
to Prince Jefri Bolkiah; former Finance Minister of Brunei, the tiny
oil-rich sultanate on the Gulf Island who has already been disseminated by
the international media during the controversial dispute
that erupted between my Father and his step brother, the sultan of Brunei
Sheik Muda Hassanal Bolkiah.

While looking for a reliable contact on internet, I got your information
from a business database and further explicit investment information about
your country. As you may know by now from the international media, the
sultan had accused my boss of financial mismanagement and impropriety of
US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was as a result of the Asian financial
crisis that made my boss company Amedeo Development Company and government
owned Brunei Investment Company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure
in office.

As a result interrogation, my boss was kept under house arrest, his bank
accounts and
private Properties including a crude oil export refinery were later
confiscated by the sultanate. And on further investigation, I was
contacted and summoned by some detectives but manage to escape and went
into hiding from where I am contacting you now. But before the unfortunate
development, out of the numerous bank accounts scattered all over asia,
europe and america, I personally made a deposit of Two Hundred Million
United States Dollars ($200,000,000) with a bank. Since I am still under
hiding, I therefore need someone like you to entrust this money with
pending when the coast will be cleared.

I will wait for your prompt response to this message for further details
and where about of the fund. Please note that every correspondence must be
strictly through email and nothing more from my own side because of the
security reason. Hence I seek your assistance to invest these funds into
profitable investment in your country to facilitate my future survival
once everything is okay.

Therefore, I rely on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust
while looking forward to your prompt response towards a swift conclusion
of this business.

I am yours,
Ghias K.


NB: Kindly visit the websites below for more understanding of my message.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Jefri_Bolkiah

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