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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: "ABU Financing" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emailinfoabuf@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 10:47:26 -0700
Subject: WE OPERATE INTEREST FREE LOAN.

Attn:
ABUF is 100% interest free finance company focused in financing projects and providing investment loan to small and large scale businesses on interest free. If you have no collateral, your said investment or project serves as collateral to obtain our loan. If interested get back to us to give you full narrative on how we operate.
OMD
Junaid Omar Ali.

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