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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: "Dr. Jamal" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.jamal@ahmedjamal.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 20:39:56 +0300
Subject: Unclaimed lost lotto Funds.

My Name is Dr. Ahmed Uddin Jamal, a top board member of UK Lottery Commission Board in London, UK. I have a mutual beneficial
business suggestion for you as regard a lost lotto ticket, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will.

1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust ?

Absolute confidentiality is required from you. Besides,I will use my connection to get some documents to back up the fund so that the fund can not be question by any authority. I want to go into partnership with someone who is trustworthy and reputable person and must be able to handle projects involving huge volume of funds. If you are interested, please contact me with your personal introduction on my private email only: dr.jamal@ahmedjamal.org

Regards,

Dr.Jamal.

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