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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 Abdulaiye Rahmani <abdulaiyerahmani01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulaiyerahmani1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:18:21 +0000
Subject: Greetings to you and your family,,

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DEAR FRIEND,

How are you and your family?
please Could you consider to help me to relocate this sum of
$8,600.000 US Dollars to your country.

Please I would like you to delete it if you are not interested.

NOTE: that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you
agree to help me execute this business and 60% is for me.

I will give you all vital information concerning the fund when you
declare you interest,

Get back to me with the informations below so that I can forward to
you the text of application and the banks contacts for you to apply
immediately.

1. Name........
2. Nationality.....
3. Your Age.......
4. Marital Status.....
5. Mobile numbers.....

Yours truly,
Mr Abdulaiye Rahmani.
Mobile;+226 75 44 81 32
Private Address abdulaiyerahmani1@yahoo.com

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