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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: <mustafamalaki123@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Array: ;
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2012 13:19:21 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Dear Good Friend
I am the General Audit Manager, Accounts Department in our bank. I have the opportunity of transferring the sum of ($18.5million USD). This fund originally belonged to one of our bank Customer who died in the year 2003.
My request for foreigner to stand as next of kin in this business is because the fact that the customer is a foreigner. Based on the fact that this is a deal, I propose that 40% of this fund for you and 50% for me, while 10% will map aside for any expenses we mighty occur during the transfering of this funds to your account. I will give more detail of the transfer process as soon as you show your interest in this transaction
If you are interesed give me your data information as follows:(1).Full name;...., (2).Address:...., (3).Country:...., (4).Private cell phone:..., (5).Occupation:...., (6).Age;....,
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Thanks,
Mr.Mustafa Malaki.

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