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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: Abu Khan Omar <issasamam@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abukhanomar010@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 04:23:10 +0000
Subject: I am waiting for your urgent respond

Dear friend how are you? Please your reply is highly needed.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though
this medium Internet has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you
through it because it still remains the fastest medium of
communication

However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in
strict confidence. At first I will like to assure you that this
transaction is 100% risk and no trouble, free to both parties, In
order to transfer out $28,000,000.00 into any of your bank account,
the fund to transfer is of clean origin

The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was
believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with
the Former IRAQ government and also dealing with Gold's Company and
Cotton Company in Burkina Faso

The Bank shall transfer above fund into your designation bank account
as the foreign beneficiary of the fund. Please be rest sure that this
is a real genuine business.

I am waiting for your urgent respond to my private E-mail ID.
abukhanomar010@yahoo.com

Regards
Mr. Abu Khan Omar
E-Mail: abukhanomar010@yahoo.com
Mobile No +22678371665

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