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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: "Dr.Labwani" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dr.labwaniak@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 2016 09:48:23 +0700
Subject: From Dr.Labwani

Hello Friend,

I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner and I hope my email will arrive to you at good time,My Name is Dr. Kamal al-Labwani,I was born in October 10, 1957 in Zabadani, Syria. I'm Doctor and Activistr,I was former Syria military doctor and Top Politician here in SYRIA.

Why I'm contacting you is to know if we can have a personal conversation. Whatever truth you may brief me will be highly recommended. Tell me more about your country, how good it will be to invest in your country. Such as 1. Real Estate: Apartment/building Properties, Luxury Hotels & Resorts,2. Oil & Gas: (Gas stations in different cities/region, Highly skilled services in Oil logging (Upstream and downstream operations, Exploration and discovery) 3. Cement Plant,(Manufacturing and supply)4. Energy and lighting Solutions, Mining Corporation,5. Gold: Jewelry & Timepiece, Pearls,6. Machinery & Equipment, 7. Shipping /marine and logistic. 8. Agriculture.9.Hospital equipment.and some tourist places or any profitable investment venture that will yield good profit.

I will appreciate whatever result you may brief me. Do let me know your idea and knowledge regarding this or any other profitable investment venture you may suggest.
I have a huge amount to invest and I am willing to order the transfer of the fund to you for investment if you’re interested with my proposal.

In my next mail I will explain the full details of the project and interest, and then we reach an agreement on what will be your share from the fund or investment.and I shall tell you more about myself when I read from you. You may as well tell me little more about yourself when replying.

Hope to read from you soon.

Best Regards

Dr. Kamal al-Labwani
Zabadani, Syria.

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