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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. MAHMOOD AL ARADI" <info@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: mahmoodalaradi271@barid.com
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015 23:06:01 +0700
Subject: hi



--
Greeting from Dubai,

My name is Mr.Mahmood Al Aradi, Branch Manager, (NBAD) married with two
children, I am writing this letter to ask for your support and
co-operation to carry out this secret and risk free business opportunity
in my branch office department, the deal is that you have to stand as a
depositor next of kin to claim this money and leave the rest to me to
finish as an insider.

Mostafa Abdel Aziz Hesham, An American, Foreign Oil Consultant/Contractor
with the Chevron Petroleum Corporation Middle East, Asia, has a secret
(fixed) deposit bank account in twelve calendar months, which Valued at
(Twenty Five M. Great British Pounds Sterling) in my branch upon maturity,
after many years not hearing from him, the bank management decided to send
a lot of routine Email, Fax and Mailing notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.

After a month's, we still sent an email and post reminder's and finally we
discovered from his contract employee Director, who Told the bank
management that Mostafa Abdel Aziz Hesham died in the plane crash On
October 31, 1999, (an Egyptian Boeing 767 Flight 990) with other
passengers on board.

If you're interested in this deal, please I would like you to provide for
me with the following requesting details below, to enable me start the
change of ownership and transfer process immediately:

Your Direct Mobile Number:
Your Full Name:
Your Country:
You're private E-mail:

Then I will send to you more information details on how to continue and
finish this deal and process of concluding this transaction without any
delay and please reply through my private

email: mahmoodalaradi271@barid.com

Regards,

Mr.Mahmood Al Aradi,

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