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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: "hamond_002@terra.es" <hamond_002@terra.es>
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 12:42:37 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: partnership



Greenings,

I am Sergeant LAISA HAMOND a citizen of Sudan from a Christian denomination of southern Sudan resident in Johannesburg south Africa here as a refugee due to the war in my country Darfur Sudan .
I came into south Africa with some amount of money worth USD$6 million (Six Million Dollars) which can be invested in your country, but due to fear of the government of my country I find it hard to discuss this matter with any body mostly when I found out that the south Africa government here is very much involve in the dafur piece processing in Sudan.

In this regard I am appealing to you to come into partnership with me and help me to see how the fund can be transfer into your bank account for investment purpose in your country for the betterment of both parties as I am ready to give you 20% of the total sum of the money of your co-operation with me in this project.

Please understand that due to my refugee status I will not be able to handle this transaction in my name since he law here in south Africa do not allow me the legal right to do such thing, in other words the ownership of the fund must be transfer into your name before we will be able to invest the fund in your country.

Please if interested kindly write me back strictly on this email ID hamond_007@yahoo.co.uk
Best Regard,
Sergeant Laisa Hamond





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