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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: "ALLEN SMITH" <allensmith200@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mike_hasan200@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 22:05:53 +0100
Subject:

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund
transferred
to a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay
who is an international businessman.

Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of
the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget you’re past efforts and
attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it
failed
us some how.

Now contact my secretary, his contact is:
Name: MR. MIKE HASAN.
Email: mike_hasan200@yahoo.com.

Ask him to send you the total $850.000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty
Thousand US Dollars), which I kept for your compensation for all the
past efforts and attempt to assist me in this matter. I appreciated
your
efforts at that time very much. So feel free and get in touch with my
secretary MR. MIKE HASAN. and instruct him where to send the amount to
you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy after all the suffering at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects, with my new partner at
the
moment .

Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on
your behalf to receive that money, so
feel free to get in touch with MR. MIKE HASAN. and he will send the
amount to you without any delay.

With best regards
Senator, ALLEN SMITH



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