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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: "Alhaji Hussein Mouchawrab" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moucha474@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2017 13:58:23 -0800
Subject: my sincere apology

Dear Friend,

Accept my sincere apology for contacting you in this manner over a transaction of this magnitude. Actually I got your contact email discreetly during my search for
someone who would assist me as a reliable business partner. I am interested in establishing and operating a very viable business as a means of investment abroad. I do not know too well how this is done in your country,so I will
need you to help me in this regard. My preference is any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate any viable ideas you could come up with. I will also need you to help me look for properties

like homes and lands for sale as I am proposing to invest the sum of Twenty Million United States Dollars (20,000,000.00 USD) for this. I do not know if you can and
will be of help to me. For a brief on my personality; my name is Alhaji Hussein Mouchawrab, a Lebanese based in Syria.
I am a retired Business man,formally into Oil and Gas I am 59 years of age, married with a wife and 4 lovely kids. I have had so much problems with the Syrian
Authority just because am a foreigner I believe my need for this business proposition and to acquire these properties is very urgent as I am planning to move out of
this country with my family down to your country. I want you to also help in finding a good home where my family and I will live in. Please
reply me if you are interested so we can communicate further: Email: moucha474@gmail.com

Sincerely,
Alhaji Hussein Mouchawrab

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