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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.Hassan Qa" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hassanqa101@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2023 14:37:28 +0200
Subject: Greetings.

Greetings ,

I am Mr. Hassan Qa , Contract Administrator of Qatar Energy and Former Personal Secretary to Engr Saad Sherida Al Kaabi, the President/CEO of the above firm.

It may please you to know that there is an investment opportunity of $110m USD for investment either in real estate or any profitable venture in your Country.

May I kindly request for your assistance and cooperation in helping to move this fund into a designated Foreign Bank Account as a contract payment from Qatar Energy .

Be assured that this is a very transparent and risk free transaction.

Please be back to me if you can handle this. Also note that my next email will come through my official Email address with Qatar Energy (qatarenergy.qa) in order to prove myself and the office.

Best regards,
Mr.Hassan Qa

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