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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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Fraud email example:

From: hanifah hussein <hanifah@hanifah.orangehome.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 14:00:58 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL/ A CRY FOR HELP.



URGENT INVESTMENT PROPOSAL/ A CRY FOR HELP.

Dear Sir/Ma,

I crave for your indulgence and understanding as this E-Mail will obviously elicits comments from you since it is unsolicited. Kindly pardon my intrusion. I decided on this method as my life, and that of my remaining children are at great danger. My name is Ms.Hanifah Ali Hussein, then confidential and private secretary of Late Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Ariri who was murdered in 2005 in Beirut-Lebanon. I had three children for the Late Rafik Al-Ariri, though we were not legally married.The recent Israelis bombardments of Lebanon has rendered me and my entire household homeless as our house was bombed in Tyre a city in the Southern part of Lebanon, and my daughter was killed and we are left traumatized, shocked and terribly bruised as i and the remaining two children suffered one form of deformity or the other. I have some of these horrific acts in pictures, which i will send to you later.
Since i was the confidential and private secretary of the Late Billionaire businessman cum Politician and also the former Prime Minister of Lebanon, I was fully informed of all his private transaction that were unknown to others.Before his death i accompanied him to Europe where he made a placement with a financial institution to the tune of US$18.5Million and he gave me the certificate of deposit for safe keeping, this is ONLY known to me and nobody else.This was for our general upkeep and education of the children at the best school{s] in the world.
Since his assassination i have grieved for the father of my children, and all attempts for the family to accept my children proved abortive, as they threatened us with fire and brimstone. The necessary medical test before his death proved he is the biological father of my children, yet the wife and his children fails to accept that fact and calls us unprintable names. They have hired private militia who are bent on killing us and our stay now in Lebanon is hellish as we sleep in different places at different times.
Faced with this dilemma it has become more than compelling that i flee Lebanon quickly for the safety of my children too,so i have spoken with his private financial consultant based in Holland-Mr.Michael Chambers,and Mr.Steve Stephensons his private lawyer in the United Kingdom,since i am known to them they have accepted to work with me by providing the necessary paper works/assistance for the safe release of this money to anybody i nominate.
We are offering you an open opportunity to investment this amount in any profitable business in your country, as i hope to migrate to your country with my children after the successful completion of this business but be mindful of the present deplorable plight of my family, so you need to act as quickly as possible/now and to treat this issue as confidentially as possible.
We urgently request that you forward your reply STRICTLY to our Holland based Financial consultant-Mr.Michael Chambers through his personal e-mail address :-mchambers88@aim.com,Tel/Fax number:-++-31-64-493-3329 with all your personal contacts-Your full name {s},telephone/fax numbers, email address, personal or company's web-site-www{if any} and a short statement stating details of yourself, and how you intends to invest this money in any venture{business} with less risk, but with maximum return and the profit will be shared in the ratio of 35% for you and 65% for me and the children.Mr.Michael Chambers will guide you on the modalities for the collection of this money from the Securities/Cash handling company, so contact him now.
To know more about Late Rafik Al-Ariri click on this Timesonline report:-http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,60-1485702,00.html
God bless you as you help to save Souls.
Thanks.
Ms.Hanifah Ali Hussein

SEND YOUR REPLY STRICTLY TO:-
MR.MICHAEL CHAMBERS.
ABM TRUST HOLDINGS BV
HOLLAND.
TEL/FAX:-++-31-64-493-3329
EMAIL:-mchambers88@aim.com

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