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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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Fraud email example:

From: "H.E Nasser Ahmed" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abudcedvpt@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:15:05 -0700
Subject: URGENT

Abu Dhabi Council for Economic Development
P.O. Box 44484
Abu Dhabi
United Arab Emirates
Private Telephone/Fax:
Web Link:- http://www.adced.ae/en/home/index.aspx?mnu=Pri&MenuID=25

ATTN: Sir/ CEO,

FOREIGN INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMME

Through the Global Partnership Initiative, Our mission is to grow and diversify Dubai

economy by developing a strategy that supports the advancement of international business

investment partnerships to enables us to compete in the global marketplace. We are

dedicated to providing investment funds and create greater opportunities for our citizens

to invest abroad, in business friendly partnerships. In order to fulfil our leadership role

in developing and delivering the Kingdom's new strategy for growth, we have structured the

Dubai EDB into a number of key activities.

The mission of our Business Development Team is to stimulate growth in key value-creating

sectors of the economy, to seek and make outward investment in overseas countries. These

include sectors such as manufacturing, banking and financial services, mining,

communication, oil and gas, real estate and agro-chemical industries. Dubai has already

been successful in transforming itself from a fledging state into a successful and

progressive nation. The Kingdom is now faced with the next stage in this transformation,

which is designed to create continued prosperity that is independent of oil wealth.

We want to invest in the economy of your country and partner with your interested companies

to receive investment funds from Dubai and to invest such funds in long term projects that

will bring mutual benefit to all involved.

And provide us with the activities of your company to enable us provide our investment

funds to partner with you.

Regards,

H.E Nasser Ahmed Alsowaidi
Chairman.
Private email:- abudcedvpt@yahoo.com

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