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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: johanah waziri <hanawason55@myway.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 08:07:15 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: PLEASE FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION


I have a new email address!You can now email me at: hanawason@yahoo.ca

Greetings to you,

This mail is not intended to cause any embarrassment in

whatever form to you but I must solicit your confidentiality. I

know a proposal of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive

and worried, but I am assuring you that it is sent in good

faith and will be of mutual benefit

to us.

I am Dr Johanah Waziri a custodian of account of

Mr Phelps M. Dasne, A Foreigner, who used to work as an

International Consultant Engineer with Mekon Petroleum Company

in Nigeria.

At about 1.35pm on May 4 2002, Mr Dasne was involved in an

Air Crash, when the Nigerian Passenger Plane he boarded,

crashed into a densely populated suburb of the city of Kano in

Northern Nigeria, killing at least 148 people on board

including Mr Phelps M. Dasne and the Former Minister of Sport in

Nigeria, Late Ishaya Mark Aku.

For more substantiation about the aformentioned incident;

please browse through the underlisted Web Sites and see for

yourself:

http://www.dawodu.com/kanocrash02.htm

http://www.disasterrelief.org/Disasters/020506nigeriacrash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968300.stm

Subsequently, since then, I have made several inquiries to your

Embassy to locate any of Mr Dasne Nuclear or Extended

Relatives, which has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member

of his family, hence, I contacted you through a name Search on

the NET! I am contacting you to assist me to repatriate the

money left behind by Mr Dasne before they get

confiscated in the Bank Treasury or declared unserviceable by

the Bank, where this huge deposit were lodged, so that the

proceeds of this Account valued at $9.5 Million Dollars can be

paid into your Account.

My Bank where Mr Dasne had an Account valued at about

$9.5 Million Dollars has issued a NOTICE to provide the Next

Of Kin or have his Account confiscated within the next quarter.

Pragmatically, I have all the necessary legal documents that

can be used to back up any claim we may make anywhere. All I

require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this

transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed

under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any

Breach of the Law.

I am willing to share this money with you at the proportion of

65% to me and my colleagues, and 30% to you, while 5% should be for

expenses or

tax as your Government may require.

Please mail your Response and all other Correspondences to me

through my Confidential/Private email address :hanawason55@myway.com

to enable us discuss more in order

for me to update you more on the plans as to how we intend to

actualize this transaction most successfully.

Thanks for your anticipated cooperation.

Best regards,

Dr Johanah Waziri

- johanah waziri


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