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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: "E. Al-Hashimi" <semit@saoluis.ma.gov.br>
Reply-To: alhashimi123@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 17:43:09 +0000
Subject: Infroamtion Request

Hello Sir/Ma,

My name is Reem E. Al-Hashimi, the Emirates Minister of State and Managing Director of the United Arab Emirates (Dubai) World Expo 2020 Committee.I urgently need your assistance on ongoing Russia-ukraine War that affect my investment in Ukraine badly and I urgently need to move my funds out of Turkey bank immediately.

The amount is valued at Euro 47,745,533.00 with a financial institution in Turkey to be transferred to your account. As soon as I have your information indicating interest to receive and invest in the fund, I will compensate you with 30% of the total amount and you will also benefit from the investment.

If you can handle the fund in a good investment.PLEASE REPLY ME ON THIS EMAIL: reem.homecare@yandex.com

Regards,
Reem

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