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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: ahmed usman <ahmedusman3333333332@myfastbox.it>
Reply-To: <mrahmedusman3@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2013 11:06:18 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE


Attention: Friend,







I know this letter will come to you as a surprise knowing that we have

not meet each other face to face. My name are Ahmed Usman the personal

assistance to President Hosni Mubarak formal president of Egypt who

resigned from office after eighteen days of mass protects by the

people of Egypt.



My reason of contacting you is that I want to set up a business

venture oversea and I am looking for a trustworthy person that will

help me set up the business and I don’t want my name to be used in the

setting up of the business. Note I have set aside the sum of Seven

Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$7.5M) for this

project. And after my search for a credible and trust worthy person to

help me I decided to contact you.



Please kindly confirm your willingness to help me so that I will

forward all the details in respect to this project to you. Do reply to

my private email which is mrahmedusman3@gmail.com







Thanks and remain bless,







Ahmed Usman.

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