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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 Ali <ahmedali01@voila.fr>
Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2013 14:28:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE CAN YOU BE MY BUSINESS PARTNER?




 
                             PLEASE CAN YOU BE MY BUSINESS PARTNER?
Dear friend,
   I know that this  message might meet you in utmost surprise,I am sorry for the intrude.Meanwhile my names are Mr. Ahmed Ali,a banker by profession.
  
    However,it's my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this project for mutual benefit.Infact presently i am incharge of Auditing and 
Accounting Unit of our  bank as a director, and I have the opportunity to transfer into your bank account of your choice the abandon  sum of USD$7.5million dollars in 
our bank account that belongs to one of our deceased  clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in fatal car accident during his holiday visit to his 
friend in neighboring country and since then none of his family member  has ever come to claim this funds.
 
So,i am inviting you for this business as partnership where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 60/40% at end of this transaction.If you agree to my 
deal proposal,more details of the funds and step to take will be sent to you as soon as i received your  return mail. 
 
Thanks 
 Mr. Ahmed Ali
 Audit & Accounting Manager.

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