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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: "Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak" <uomocollezioni@uomogroup.com>
Reply-To: <susannemub@myself.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2016 02:45:06 +0100
Subject: Urgent Business and Financial Transaction

Mrs. Suzanne Hosni Mubarak
Resident Address: Kamal El Din One St.
Garden City, Cairo Egypt.
Email: susannemub@myself.com

Dear

Greetings! I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Mrs. Suzanne Mubarak wife to Egyptian formal leader. I decided to contact you for important matters. My husband is very ill and also have problem with the new administrative, for this l need your assistance to receive my reserved fund for safe keeping or for reinvestment into lucrative business in your country. During this period of political uncertainty, our family assets in Egypt were seized and frozen.

If you are in passion to be my foreign finance manager, I shall inform my account officer that you are my new foreign finance partner. Please if you will render your service to me I will permit you to withdraw 30% out of my fund amount (150,000,000.00) (U.S.D) for your service to keep my fund in your country till my (Son Alaa) comes over your country.

The fund is deposited outside my country. Please kindly notify me if you will be available to render your service to me. I have made inquiring in your country. And l was advised that l must employ services of local Citizen in your country to be my representative. Please write me through my private email susannemub@myself.com and susannemub@aol.com

Regards,

Mrs. Suzanne
Email: susannemub@myself.com
Email: susannemub@aol.com

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