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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: "Mrs. Amani Bouresli" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sct000054@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 15:27:33 -0700
Subject: From Mrs. Amani Bouresli

Greetings,

My name is Mrs. Amani Bouresli, the former Minister of Commerce and Industry in Kuwait.

It is my personal intention to relocate my family to your country. Please I will need your help to find a home with about 5rooms, 1 good sitting room, good toilets and bathroom, it should also have good environment and the price range should be between $1Million to $3Million home, if possible I will prefer the home to be located in a very secured area considering the safety of my family, please can you forward to me home listings that you may have so that I can go through them before making a choice.

Can you also please brief me a little about the best investments opportunities in your country, it is my desire to also invest in other areas once we relocate to your country and you will be my investment manager to oversee my investment portfolio

Thank you and looking forward to receiving the home pictures so that I can go through them before making a choice.

Respectfully.

Mrs. Amani Bouresli,
Former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Kuwait.

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