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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. Ali Teoman Kerman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aliteoman.kerman1880@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2019 17:32:34 +0700
Subject: Buisness

Hello

PLEASE I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE

I Am Mr. Ali Teoman Kerman, Member of the Board of Directors and Chairman of
Audit Committee Emirates NBD Bank, Dubai.

I have a business propostion involving an unclaimed fund in my bank And i
want to program the fund for transfer to your Name/account as the Next Of
Kin to my client.

Please if interested kindly contact me via my private email:
(aliteoman.kerman1880@gmail.com) with your Names, address, and contact phone
numbers for more details .


Please Note, This is strictly confidential.

Await your urgent response

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Ali Teoman Kerman
Member, Board of Directors
Chairman, Audit Committee
Emirates NBD Bank, Dubai.

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