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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: "MR HASSAN AHMED" <hassanahmed00_123@tiscali.co.uk>
Reply-To: hassan00_123@consultant.com
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:15:53 +0900
Subject: Message From Hassan Ahmed

From: Mr Hassan Ahmed
Chairman of Board Audit
Committee
African Express bank plc
(Afex Bank plc)



( Urgent Funds Transaction)
Re: Remittance of (US$ 55,000,000.00m) Fifty Five Million Dollars into your
account.

Dear Friend,
Greetings in the name of Almighty Allah, the most gracious and the most
merciful.
Iam contacting you based on my personal interest to develop a mutual business
relationship with you in your country,lam the Chairman of audit committee
of my bank Afex Bank plc. l wish to transfer the above stated sum into your
bank account and l want to ask you if you are not capable to handle such
a transaction, you can solicit for a reliable partner whom is close to you
who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or
to set up a new bank account immediately to receive this money, even an
empty account can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain
honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and
believing in Allah that you will never let me down now or in the future.

During the course of our auditing, l discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank 1990 and since 1993 no body has operated on this account
again, after going through some old files in the records l discovered that
the owner of the account died without a (Heirs/ next of kin) or (WILL) hence
the money is floating and if l do not remit this money our urgently it will
be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account is a foreigner, a great
Oil merchant and industrialist who is an Iraqi citizen, who works with Shell
petroluem deveopment company and he died since 1993. No other person knows
about this account or any thing concerning this transaction,this account
has no next of kin and my intersive investigation proves that until his
death he was the Executive Manager of Shell Petroluem B.p.)

We will start the first transfer with ten million (US$10,000.000.00m) through
our bank here of off-shore payment offices in Europe, Asia and Dubia,upon
successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply
for the remittance of the remaining rest amount to your account the same
way.

lam only conatcting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved
to a local person here without a valid international passport, only a foreigner
who has valid international passport ot driver's license and foreign account
because the money is in US dollars and the former owner of the account is
a foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into a foregin account.

However, We will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together before the
first remittance into your account to assure me that you will not hold my
share. lam revealing this you with believe in Allah that you will never
let me down in this transaction, you are the first and only person whom
l have introduce this business to you, so please reply urgently and send
also your private phone and fax number including the bank account details
where this fund willbe transferred into. l need your full co-opreation to
make this transaction work fine because the management of this bank is ready
to issue an approval to any foreigner with correct information of this account,
which l will give to you upon your interest to do this business with me.
I assure you for the security and safety of this business, all the legal
document will be obtained in your name as the beneficiary and next of kin
to the late beneficiary for easy remittance into your account.
At the conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 15% of the
total sum and all expenses will be taken care by a mapped percentage of
5% from the principle sum after the remittance confirmation into your account,
any expense from my side and your side will be taken care through the 5%
maped out.
l attached here with my personal picture for your view.
I urgently look foward for your Response.

May Allah bless you.
Best Regards
Hassan Ahmed



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