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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: "Engr.Dr.Ahmad Mualla" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mualla.a@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Mar 2020 20:57:37 -0700
Subject: Good Day


Good Day



Sir



My name is Engr.Dr.Ahmad Mualla from Damascus Syria.Here in my country there is fire on the mountain so I need your assistance as a partner to relocate my investment capital to your beautiful country for a possible yielding investment.I am interested in buying properties; houses, Building real estate.transportation and some tourist places.



I shall tell you more about myself on my next email upon your response, you may as well tell me little more about yourself.



Thanks


Engr.Dr.Ahmad Mualla
Damascus Syria

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