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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- adamuyazid2@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: work with <workwith044@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2013 04:07:40 +0200
Subject: Investment with u

Good day my dear,
I am Mr. Adamu Yazid the ADC to Mr. Ammar Mohammed, the son of Mr
Mohammed Badie head of the muslim brotherhood here in Egypt. Please
this mail should be kept secret, Mr Ammar was killed after the removal
of formal president of Egypt Morsi on 3rd July 2013, he asked me to
transfer the sum of U$15Million dollars to a private account in your
country after the new goverment declare to size all Muslim brotherhood
assets and account, but the 37yrs old man did not inform anybody about
this money but only me.

So I am contacting you to stand as the beneficiary of the money, to
enable the bank re-transfer this money into your account in America.
Let me know if you are willing to do this by sending to me your
private telephone number and I will forward to you a copy of the slip
which was sign online with the bank. You can go through the website
for more details

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-24208933

Please you should not in anyway tell anybody about this or give out
this mail or my telephone number. Once the money is transferred into
your account, I will forward another account to you where my share of
the money will be transferred as I am planning to leave Egypt finally.
Thanks
Adamu.
Waiting for your call.
Telephone +201152-6584-09
Email: adamuyazid2@yahoo.com

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