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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 MUTALIB LAWALE <mutaliblawale@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:16:01 +0000
Subject: Greetings my good friend,

Greetings my good friend,

I have a proposal for you, this however is not mandatory nor will I in
any manner compel you to honor against your will. I am Mr. Lawalw
Mutalib, a widower Father of four Children, Age 65Years old. a former
executive director with Arab Tunisian Bank here in Tunis; I retired A
year and 7 months ago after putting in 32 years of meticulous service
carrier to the end.
During my days with Arab Tunisian Bank, I was the personal account
officer and one of the financial advisers to Mr. Zine Al-Abidine Ben
Ali, the past Tunisian President he died at a hospital in Jeddah Saudi
Arabia, due to prostate cancer disease on September /19 /2019.
During his tryer period he instructed me to move all his investment in
my care which consists of (US$120,500,000.00)( one hundred & twenty
million, five hundred thousand united states dollars) & (767KG) of
gold out of the Gulf States for safe keeping; and that I successfully
did by moving US$50M to Madrid Spain, US$50M to Dubai United Arab
Emirate,US$20,5M to Ouagadougou and 767KG of gold to Accra Ghana in
West Africa as an anonymous deposits, so that the funds will in no way
to be traced to him. He has instructed me to find an investor who
would stand as the beneficiary of the fund and the gold; and claim it
for further investment.


Consequent upon the above, my proposal is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the beneficiary of this fund and the gold
which I have successfully moved outside the country and provide an
account overseas where this said fund will be transferred into. It is
a careful network and my voluntary retirement from the Arab Tunisian
Bank is to ensure a hitch-free operation as all modalities for you to
stand as beneficiary and owner of the deposits has been perfected by
me. Mr. Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, will offer you 20% of the total
investment if you can be the investor and claim this deposits in
Spain, Dubai, Ouagadougou and Accra Ghana as the beneficiary.

Now my questions are:

1. Can you handle this transaction?
2. Can I give you this trust?
3. Will you tell me little about you?

Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible so that I can
give you more details regarding this transaction. Finally, it is my
humble request that the information as contained herein be accorded
the necessary attention, urgency as well as the secrecy it deserves.

I expect your urgent response if you can handle this project. You have
to contact me through my private e-mail at {
mutaliblawale07@gmail.com}

Sorry if you received this letter in your spam or junk email, is due
to recent connection error here in the country.

Regards,
Mr. Mutalib Lawale.

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