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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: "Ms. Al-Hashimi" <poballa@kefri.org>
Reply-To: nationalbureau@kakao.com
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 20:42:21 +0200
Subject: I will send you more details once you reply

Hello Friday,

My name is Mrs. Reem E. Al-Hashimi, the Emirates Minister of State . I am writing to you to stand as my partner to receive Funds as my partner.

I reached with the foreign companies to direct the gratifications to an open beneficiary account with a financial institution where it will be possible for me to instruct further transfer of the fund to a third party account through bank transfer or Cryptocurrency.

The amount is valued at $ 47,745,533.00 with a financial institution waiting my instruction for further transfer to a destination account as soon as I have your information indicating interest and I will compensate you with 30% of the total amount and you will also benefit from the investment.

Please take note that the details so explained is the condition I will work with you as a partner and also add my WhatsApp number: +971581890339 to enable chat more.

My details and profile is below my website. https://www.mofaic.gov.ae/en/the-ministry/the-ministers/uae-minister-of-state-for-international-cooperation/minister-of-the-state-for-international-cooperation

Regards,
Mrs. Reem

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