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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: alhassan02@zipmail.com.br
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 2005 21:05:18 -0700
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?RE=20=20CONFIRM=20RECEIPT?=

Dear Friend,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.
My name is Al Hassan Abdel, an Oil merchant in Holland, in the
I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer
which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in
carrying for my health. It has defiled all forms of
medicine, and right now I have only about a few
months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for anyone not even myself but my
business.

Though I am very rich, I was never generous,
I was always hostile to people and only focus on my
business as that was the only thing I cared for.
But now I regret all this as I now know that there
is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the
money in the world. I believe when God gives me a
second chance to come to this world I would live my
life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God ! has called me, I have WILLED and
given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and
extended family members and as well as a few close
friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept
my soul and so, I have decided to give arms to charity
organisations and give succour and comfort to the
less privileged in our societies, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organisations in the Croatia, Algeria, Laos, Nepal and Sri-Lanka.
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot
do this my self anymore. I once asked members of my
family to close one of my accounts and distribute
the money which I have there to charity organisation and
to the less privileged in Bulgaria and Pakistan,
they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I
do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the
huge cash deposit of Thirteen million dollars
$13,000,000,00 that I have with a finance brokers and Security
underwriters in Europe with its head office in Ontario, Toronto, Canada.
This financial company operates in funds management, international cash,banking
with a reputable correspondent bank worldwide,bullion underwriting,security
handling and general appropriation.

I will want you to assist me transfer this deposit into your bank account
and dispatched it to charity organisations and world HIV/AIDS programmes
in Ethiopia, the Tsunami Victims in Indonessia and some other less privileged
and displaced people in Dafur, Sudan

Please kindly contact me through my private email
address below. Keep this confidential and treat with discretion,
while i await to hear from you. Please send me a mail to indicate if you
will assist
me in this disbursement. I am ready to welcome your price on
this. You can e-mail me at my private e-mail address:abdelalhassan01@yahoo.com
for easy communication While I await to hear from
you, may God be with you and your entire family.

Remain blessed,
Al-Hassan Abdel




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