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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: Gabriel Hannison <hannisong9@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <ghannison27@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 10:58:43 +0100
Subject: Expecting your response



Dearest Friend, I am Gabriel Hannison the son of late Chief Eng. Arnold Hannison from Angola deputy minister of the Angolan diamond minning control. (A.D.M.C) SOURCE OF FUNDS: I have a profiling amount in an excess of US$17.5M, this money was a profit made by my late father in his diamond supplier to an american diamond dealer Charlse Hilton. I seek your partnership in accommodating for me this money. You will be rewarded with 10% of the total sum for your partnership. Can you be my partner on this? INTRODUCTION OF MY SELF: I'm 24 year old and my sister Mary is 17 year old. My father late Brigadier Anorld Hannison was illiminated in 2002 and my mother was dengeriously injured by the rebel leader Jonas Savimbi three weeks before his death by the government troop in Luanda Angola, he illiminated my father because my father did not agree to join him fight the government of President Jose Eduardo dos Santos, Now after the death of our father, my cousines (late father's relectives) found hatred on my mother and sized every thing that was my father's which we are to inherit and even treatens to kill my sister and I, my father had a secret deposition with a company in Abidjan before his untimely death. My mother had access to My father's secret deposited Russian metallic sealed box with a security diplomatic courier company in Ivory coast containing the above mentioned sum without the knowelage of the company. Due to the bad treatment of my late father's relectives my mother brought us to abidjan cote d'ivoire were she latter died 7 months ago because of the sustained injuries from the rebels attack. She made known to me this secret deposition, telling me that my father told the company that it contains instruments which belongs to a Foriegn investor without mentioning the name of this investor. Now my mother is dead living my sister and I, we are at the moment sleeping in a church here in Abidjan. YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the investor whom my father told them about (remember I told you above that he did not mention any name to them and did not let them know the real content of this box) The company will first re-profile the box deposit certificate in your name, which will enable the security diplomatic courier company release the box to you in your country. My mother before she dead adviced me to seek for a foriegner who will help us out and invest this money in there country while we continue our education over there. Since my parents are dead I do not know what will come up next from my cousin's though they do not know where we are at the moment. As soon as we confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with us, I will provide you with the details. If interested,kindly reply to my email address it is save and confidential, Thank you very much as i await your kind responses. Best Regards, Gabril Hannison and sister.
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