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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: hiba abdul <hiba_abdul06@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: hiba.abdul@yahoo.fr
Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:19:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: MESSAGE

Dear Beloved,

l am happy to request for your assistance because i believe that you are not going to betrayed the trust which i am going to lay on you.

My name is Miss Hiba Abdul, 21 years old and the only daughter of my late parents Mr.and Mrs Abbas AbdulWahab My father was a highly reputable businness magnet-(a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days.i wish to invest on a profitable business venture in your
country.

There is this ($4,500,000.00 United States Dollars) which my late father Deposited in a security company here in Ivory Coast as containing family valuables please if you are intrested please get back to me as soon as you receive my mail. for more details thank you.

My sincere regards,

Miss Hiba Abdul.





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