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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: "MOHD" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wlsm2780@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2020 17:03:13 +0200
Subject: REPLY HERE: wlsm2780@gmail.com

HI
My name is Mohamed Abdul
 
i am a retired petroleum director with our chervon global  ,i have a contract over invoicing  e rest will be payment of five million dollars cash in dubai and another five million dollars cash in dubai,if you are interested to handle this funds for me,am ready to give you %30 and the rest will be invested for me by you.we can have meeting face to face in Dubai
bless your family after they open air port ok we shall schedule meeting with you may be in Kuwait  or dubai
 
 
 
 
please try  i am in asylum camp ok can not handle my transaction i want you and my representative Mr Kelly Adams to handle this transaction he will contact you from Dubai tomorrow and open up communication try as much as you can to help me when you get to Dubai he will sit down and discus in full with you and arrange the release of the consignment from the security company and hand it over to you for investment this transaction will only take two working days and you finish and go back,my shear of the funds will be invested in real estate and also the first thing you will do for me is to relocate my family to your country to enable me stay around and manege my business together with you kindly help me i am a political refugees i move out from my count to secure freedom so understand you have to relocate my family for a better future insha Allah happy eid eve Allah bless us,if you have any lucrative business in your mind i will accept
s i got your details through business directory send me your cell phone number and we talk or add me on your .you can meet with ,y representative in dubai tomorrow
his name MR KELLY ADAMS
see my identity attached
thanks
MOHAMED ABDUL AHMED
 

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