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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: "Ms. Reem Al-Hashimy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mwor76@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2018 05:31:29 +0700
Subject: Investment Partner is required

My name is Reem Ebrahim Al-Hashimi, the Emirates Minister of State and Managing Director for the Dubai World Expo 2020 Bid Committee-United Arab Emirates (UAE).

I am writing you to solicit for your partnership to claim my business share valued at $41,845,453.00 United States dollars from a Financial Home in Europe.
The aforementioned fund is a gratification from foreign companies that bid for the Dubai World Expo 2020 whom I helped. But I do not want my government to know about
the fund because as a serving minister, I am not allowed to receive gratification from any of the foreign companies towards Expo 2020.

So I am compelled to ask that you stand as my partner to receive this fund into your account or any account that is solely controlled by you for investment purpose in
your country.

I will compensate you with 35% of the total amount for being my partner as I wait your indication of interest with your information to my private email.

Thank you for your cooperation and my greetings to your family.

Sincerely,
Reem Ebrahim Al Hashimy

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