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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mustafa Khalil Zuabi" <m.zuabi@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: mustafazuabi001@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 10:07:58 +0800
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION


- This mail is in HTML. Some elements may be ommited in plain text. -

Good day,
Looking for assistance!!
I am Mustafa Khalil Zuabi, a rebel leader here in Aleppo Syria.I and my second in command came across a very huge sum of money that was parked in a trunk boxes,The said amount is USD$28m (twenty eight million united states dollars), in President Bashar al-Assad's allies house,We moved the trunk boxes out of the war zone to the United Nations office as medical equipment. But I am seeking for your assistance, to remit this funds to foreign account under your custody,pending when we are going to finish the fight here in my country Syria.
All other necessary information will be sent to you when I hear from you.I suggest you get back to me as soon as possible stating your wish in this deal.
Yours Faithfully,
Mustafa Khalil Zuabi
mustafazuabi001@gmail.com

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