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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: "MR. AHMED USMAN" <lsoleye@russelsmithgroup.com>
Reply-To: mrahmedusman3@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 14:26:13 +0000
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE



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Attention: Friend,

I know this letter will come to you as a surprise knowing that we have not
meet each other face to face. My name are Ahmed Usman the personal
assistance to President Hosni Mubarak formal president of Egypt who
resigned from office after eighteen days of mass protects by the people
of Egypt.

My reason of contacting you is that I want to set up a
business venture oversea and I am looking for a trustworthy person that
will help me set up the business and I don?t want my name to be used in
the setting up of the business. And after my search for a credible and
trust worthy person to help me I decided to contact you.

Please
kindly confirm your willingness to help me so that I will forward all
the details in respect to this project to you. Do reply to my private
email which is mrahmedusman3@gmail.com

Thanks and remain bless,

Ahmed Usman.

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