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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:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Reem" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Reem_Hashimy@minister.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 22:25:59 -0000
Subject: Good Morning,,

My name is Reem E. Hashimy, the Emirates Minister of State and Managing Director of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) World Expo 2020 Committee.

I am writing you to be my investment partner to manage my funds. I received the funds as gratification from various foreign companies I assisted to secure participating right to the Dubai World Expo 2020 coming up next year. The amount is $24,762,906.00 United States dollars.

I could not receive this fund directly because of the sensitive position of my office as well as my sacred marriage life as a Muslim woman with social life restrictions.

For this reason, an agreement was reached to deposit the various financial gifts in a open beneficiary account with a financial institution where it will be possible for me to instruct the transfer of right of ownership to a third party for investment purpose. This is the reason I am contacting you to receive the fund as my investment partner in your country with the objective of granting you the opportunity to participate in the Dubai Expo 2020.

The detail will be discuss on your response.

Wishing you the best in the year.

Sincerely.

Reem.

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