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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: Hushim Abdulaalee <abdulaalee-0020@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <abdul_aalee@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:16:16 +0100
Subject: GOOD DAY.



INTERESTED IN BUSINESS ASSOCIATION WITH YOUR COMPANY. Dear friend, I'm Mr.Hushim Abdulaalee resident in London now in west africa nigeria, due to the recent bomb blast in London.I originated from the westeren part of Africa [Uganda]but most life spent in Europe,basically London.I'm a son to Mr.Abdulaalee Madaki ,the former chief of army staff of the republic of Uganda who died on a plane crash alongside with most army top generals of the country.He made money while alife but due to his service we were not able to make use of the money till its rectification by the law enforcement agents of our country in favour of his active service.The money as you know is a family treasure which must be handled with care.I'm the first issue of the family with the responsibility of the entire family as he's of now.We thought it better to put the fund into business for the family's future attainment to glory. We were in london for some years now but due to the recent bomb blast,the prime minister- Blair categorically stated that "muslim brothers are terrorism threats" to not only his Kingdom but to the whole world at large.For this reason,we deemed it much helpful seeking refuge in west africa country nigeria .But while we are here,the whole system and style of life in the nigeria appears to be strange to us because we have not been to their systems.Everything done in nigeria specifically business relationships come from the indiginous nigeria .So we have decided to extended our interest of business to your country because of business restrictions in the nigeria .We have eleven million dollars[$11m] cash in global security and finance company for any kind business to our country of choice.This is why we chose to be a partner to your businessKindly reply this mail as we wait to give our whole heart support in promotion of the business. Thanks, Faithfully , Hushim Abdulaalee. [for the family]
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