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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: Rabel Khokhar <rabel.khokhar@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2014 17:30:20 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: From Rabel Khokhar


 From Rabel Khokhar
(rabel.khokhar@outlook.com)

Dear,
I am Rabel Khokhar, the only Daughter of late Chief and Mrs  Toure Khokhar, I wish to request for your assistance in a financial transaction. I got your contact from this site, And I wish to invest in Manufacturing and real estate management in your base. I have (Twelve Million two hundred thousand united states dollars only) ($12.200,000.00) to invest in your base, and I will require your assistance in the following ways:

(1) To receive the funds in your personal/company account on my behalf
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund and the investments since I am only 19years.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your base to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your base.

I will be glad to give you 20% of the total sum for your assistance once the money get's to your account. please it is very important you contact me immediately on my private email (rabel.khokhar@outlook.com) for further explanation on how we will proceed.

Awaiting your immediate response
Thanks and God bless.
Best Regards
>From Rabel Khokhar

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