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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Prince Hassan Kano <hbkano252@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: hbkano10@o2.pl
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 15:00:21 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam: Investment Funds For Your Urgent Attention!


Dear Sir/Madam: Investment Funds For Your Urgent Attention!

We are members of the "Contract Award Committee", Ministry of Petroleum
Resources,Nigeria. We search for an agent who will assist us in the
transfer and receipt of Twenty Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand US
Dollars US$27.5.Million) and subsequent investment of same in lucrative
ventures in your country.

You will be required to;(1) Assist in the transfer/claim of the said sum, (2) Advise on lucrative area(s) of investment, and (3) Assist in the management of same investments after you must have claimed the funds. For your services as above you shall be rewarded with 15% of the total sum/funds, while 10% of the
investments profit shall be paid to you annually.

What is the tax regime in your country and how best you would want the money funds invested to ensure good investment return thereafter? We shall have our
lawyers draw up the investment agreement for you to study, make
ammendment(if any), sign and return hereto.

We wait your urgent and positive response so that we can work out all the modalities for the wire/transfer of to you. Do keep this transaction to your self due to our position. But feel free to direct your questions to me if any. But
do not waste your time or mine if you are not ready for this transaction as nobody is forcing you.

Yours faithfully,

Prince Hassan B. Kano.
Email: hbkano2@o2.pl

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