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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: Muhamed Saif <saifmuhamed520@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2023 21:42:08 +0000
Subject: BUSINESS

Dear sir / ma,


My lawyer friend that is same country of origin with you,worked for
President of Sudan Omar al-Bashir who has been moved to Kobar maximum
security prison,days after he was deposed in a military coup.

Sadly my lawyer friend was among the victims of the Lebanon explosion that
happened on the 4th of August in Beirut,when he went there for a
conference. He has $92,460,000.00 deposited in Citi Bank Hong Kong.

So i want to present you as the beneficiary next of kin since you have same
country of origin and he the depositor made the deposit anonymously without
naming a beneficiary next of kin to avoid any trace.

He confided in me because we were childhood friends. I will give you more
details if you agree.

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