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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.SirfA NHamdI" <mrsirfanhamdi2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.irfanhamdi30@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2018 00:47:01 +0100
Subject: I WANT TO INVEST

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Salaam,

I am Mrs,irf anhamdi ,From Liberia,My father is an oil Exporter and
his into an crude oil business in our country,Is one of the rich man
in Liberia in our country and he died in car accident,And i am his
only son,And my father have three wife,And before he died in
hospital,He told me that he have kept some money for me in saved
keeping company before he pass away.

And he told me that are should used the money for any business that i
like to do before he died,And immediately my father died,My step
mothers they are after my father properties in our country,And because
of my father two wife, I moved out of my country to saved my life from
them,And the money is in save keeping company in Europe for saving
keeping, Which i will like you to assist me to received the money in
your country on behalf and used it for investment together,In the area
of any investment in your country that you know he we fresh us a good
profit at the end of the day,And i can instruct the company to moved
the money down to you in your country for the investment you will
advice to do in your country for you to stand as the owner of the
investment in your country,The amount of the money is $US5.5M(Five
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars).

And i promise to give you 20% of the money,For the assistance you will
render to me in your country for the investment in your country and
the share of the profit after the Investment will be share by 70-30.

And i will like you to be a trusted person to me,In your reply to me
send me your full name and your Mobil number and your full
address,Your Occupation,Your Age,Your Nationality,So that i can
forward it to the company that the money was kept for saved
keeping,That you are my beneficiary to received the money on my behalf
in your country.

Waiting for your urgent reply E-mail-: mrs.irfanhamdi30@gmail.com


Ma Salaam

Mrs,irf anhamdi

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