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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: "DR Hassan Aliyu." <hassanaliyu22@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: drhassanaliyu@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 15:58:03 +0400
Subject: DR Hassan Aliyu.

FROM DR Hassan Aliyu
DIRECTOR OF FINANCE
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,

ATTN:PLEASE,
MY NAME IS DR Hassan Aliyu, A BANKER BY PROFESSION AND CURRENTLY A
DIRECTOR WITH BANK in Dubai United Arab Emirates .
I GET YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS IN MY SEARCH FOR A REPUTABLEAND RELIABLE
PERSON
TO HELP ME CLAIM THE SUM OF UD$15 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS
DEPOSITED IN OUR BANK BY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER WHO DIE WITH THE WIFE AND TWO CHILDREN
ON THE 21ST DAY OF APRIL 2000 IN A CAR CLASH ALONG NOVESSELROAD.
SINCE HIS DEATH NO ONE HAS COME UP AS HIS NEXT OF KIN AND ALL OUR
EFFORTS TO LOCATE ANY MEMBER OF HIS IMMEDIATE FAMILY HAS PROVE ABORTIVE THAT WAS
WHY I DECIDED TO SEE IF I CAN GET ANYBODY WHO HAS THE SAME SURNAME OR LAST
NAME WITH HIM VIA INTERNET PREFERABLY SOME ONE OF THE SAME NATIONALITY WITH
HIM WHICH I BELIEVE YOU HAVE ALL THE QUALITIES WE NEED.
WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU IS TO PRESENT YOU TO OUR BANK AS THE NEXT OF KIN
TO OUR DECEASED COSTUMER HE WAS DRILLING CONTRACTOR WITH SOME OIL COMPANIES
HERE IN United Arab Emirates ,BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME SURNAME/LAST NAME WITH HIM AND
HE
IS FROM THE SAME COUNTRY WITH YOU.SO IT WILL BE MORE ACCEPTABLE AND
WISER TO PRESENT YOU THROUGH PAPER WORK TO THE BANK FOR THE CLAIM OF THE TOTAL
FUND.
I WILL GIVE YOU ALL THE NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS THAT THE BANK MAY
REQUEST FROM YOU AND FOLLOW UP THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR A/C AS AN
INSIDER.IT WILL INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT I AND MY PARTNERS HAS BEEN
KEEPING OUR EYES ON THIS FUNDS AND HAS PUT THE ACCOUNT BLIND AND COVERED TO THE
PUBLIC BY KEEPING THE ACCOUNT DORMANT TO ENABLE OUR PLANS FOR THE FUNDS
TO COME THROUGH AND THIS IS THE TIME AND WE ARE HAPPY TO LOCATE YOU FOR THE
PERFECTION OF THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK A/C TO BE GIVEN.
AS SOON AS I GET YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE I WILL UPDATE YOU ABOUT THE
MODE OF DISBURSEMENT AND WE WILL ALSO NEED TO KNOW ABOUT INVESTING IN
YOUR COUNTRY AS A WAY OF HELPING YOU PEOPLE WHO SUPPOSE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF
THIS FUNDS .
LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR URGENT RESPONSE BY UPDATING ME WITH YOUR DIRECT
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION.
YOURS SPECIALLY
DR Hassan Aliyu.


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