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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: Ahmad Al Mahdi<ahmadal_mahdi@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:57:06 +0100
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL


Dear Sir/Madam, =

I am interested in establishing and operating a very viable business as a =
means of =

investment abroad. I do not know too well on how this is done in your count=
ry, So I will =

need you to help me in this regard. =

My preference is any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate =
any valuable =

ideas you could come up with. I will also need you to help me look for Inve=
stment =

opportunities like properties including homes,lands and also Crude oil or G=
old for sale or =

investment or any kind of profitable investment plan you have, as I am pro=
posing to =

invest the sum of Sixty Million United States Dollars ($60,000,000 USD) for=
this, for a =

start. I hope you can and will be of assistance in this regards, as i know =
we will both =

benefit from this hugely.
For a brief Information on my personality, My name is Ahmad Al Mahdi, a mi=
xed Eastern African/British, Precisely one of the Descendants from Ethiopia=
n Borders, Living in London at the moment but i prefer to use my first and =
last name just to stay out of the media Completely or any form of popularit=
y.
I am a retired Business man/Politician formally into private Shipping Busi=
ness. I am 62 years of age, married with a wife and 3 lovely kids. I droppe=
d my Shipping business because it wasn't producing profitable income as its=
used to anymore, =

between I am not so young anymore and wouldn't want to stress my head anymo=
re , so I =

thought that it would be nice to contact you on this.
Please note that I am looking for a better or reputable means of investing=
my hard earned =

money and to also have a comfortable and steady life after now, this is a h=
uge amount of =

money we are talking about here and we will not rely on just internet and p=
hone =

conversations alone, as I will urge you to take a trip down to the UAE, wh=
ere I am at the =

moment so I can show you everything my self.
I will be waiting for your response at your own convenience so that we can=
proceed =

swiftly. I will need your phone and fax numbers for easier communication wi=
th you, if I am =

unable to access my emails. =

Here is my private Email : ahmadal_mahdi@outlook.com
Best Regards, =

Ahmad Al Mahdi

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