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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: Abdoulahi Kazim <aishagaddafi.lpw.ag@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ablahikazabl67@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2021 03:22:22 +0100
Subject: More Authentic Information

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Dear Partner,

I am soliciting your partnership to relocate $12.5 Million to your
country for investment on my behalf and you will be entitled to 30% of
the sum once the transaction is successful made.

Please indicate your genuine interest if you are capable so that i
will send you the authentic details and documents of the transaction
in awareness with some of my fellow Directors in the bank.
If you are interested, here is my private Email address: (
ablahikazabl67@gmail.com )
For more authentic and legit information.


Regards : Abdoulahi Kazim

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