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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: Abdul Rahman Bin <abdulazubiir02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulbrahman0@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2015 12:07:06 +0100
Subject: Attention

Attention,

Greetings to you, hope this email finds you in good health. I will try to
be brief and laconic. I am contacting you regarding a substantial amount of
inheritance fund left behind by my decease client who shares the same last
name with you. I seek your assistance so that you can stand as a
beneficiary to claim the inheritance fund.

However, I apologize if my proposal offends you or contradict your moral
ethics. But should you be interested and wish to assist, please kindly get
back to me via my personal email address. abdulbrahman0@gmail.com, so that
I can give you more details about this issue and steps we have to take to
actualize this transaction. I will be waiting for your swift response.
Thank you.


Yours Faithfully,
Abdul Rahman Bin

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