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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: Mr Masudi Ibrahim <masudibrahim@blumail.org>
Reply-To: masudi.ibrahim@email.com
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 15:12:44 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Hello Friend




Hello Friend
 
My name is Mr Masudi Ibrahim i have a proposal to offer which involve the sum of $800.000(Eight hundred thousand dollars). I wish this money to be transferred into any account you may provide and we will share it accordingly afterwards.
 
More details about this transaction will be sent to you as soon as i get your reply to this address: (masudi.ibrahim@email.com) Thank you.
 
Sincerely yours,
Mr Masudi Ibrahim

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