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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: "Mrs Zainab Hamza" <zainabhamza@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: zainabhamza1@walla.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:29:22 +0100
Subject: Mail from Zainab Hamza

Email:zainabhamza@walla.com
Attn,
DON'T BE SUPRISED TO RECEIVE MY MAIL,BECAUSE YOUR CONTACT WAS GIVEN TO
ME BY MY LATE HUSBAND'S FRIEND WHO WAS A DIPLOMAT IN GHANA ( DR.KWAMAE
KOFFI) TO BE PRECISE,BY THE WAY OF INTRODUCTION I AM MRS ZAINAB HAMZA
THE WIFE TO LATE CAPTAIN RASAK HAMZA WHO WAS KILLED DURING THE WAR IN
IRAQ,SINCE AFTER THE DATE OF MY HUSBAND I HAVE BEEN ON A SICK BED WHICH
LED MY LATE HUSBAND'S FAMILY MEMBERS TO MOVE ME TO A SPEC IALIST
MEDICAL CENTER IN SAFAT KUWAIT WHERE I AM RECEIVING TREATMENT IN RESPECT
OF MY HEART PROBLEM.


I AM PRESSED BY THE PRESENT SITUATION OF MY FAMILY TO CONTACT YOU FOR
YOUR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE REGARDING MY LATE HUSBAND'S SAVINGS. AS A
RESULT OF THE PROBLEM IN IRAQ MY LATE HUSBAND WAS ABLE TO MOVE OUT HIS
LIFE SAVINGS TO GHANA THROUGH THE EFFORT OF HIS BOSSOM FRIEND DR.KWAMA
KOFFI WHO IS NOW LATE DR KWAAME KOFFI ASSISTED MY LATE HUSBAND TO
DEPOSIT HIS SAVINGS WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA (AFRICAN SECURITY
COMPANY LIMITED GHANA) AS JEWERLRIES AND ARTFACTS.FOR SOME YEARS NOW
THIS CONSIGNMENT HAS BEEN UNDER THE CUSTODY OF THIS SECURITY COMPANY AND NOW

I HAVE DICIDED TO MOVE THE CONSIGNMENT TO YOUR COUNTRY FOR POSSIBLE
INVESTMENT.. THE AMOUNT INVOLVED IS ABOUT $20.6MUSD ALREADY IN A VAULT OF
THE AFRICAN SECURITY COMPANY LIMITED IN GHANA.YOU WILL BE NEEDED TO ASSIST
US WHERE THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY AS IF YOU ARE THE OWNER
AND ALL THE DOCUMENTS WILL BE CHANGED TO YOUR FAVOUR.I WILL GIVE YOU 15% OF
THE TOTAL SUM INVOLVED FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE BUT I WANT TO USE GREATER PART OF
THIS SUM FOR A FEASIBLE INVESTMENT IN YOUR COMPANY OR COUNTRY.WE SHALL USE
ONLY 5% OF THE TOTAL SUM INVOLVED TO SETTLE ALL THE EXPENCES MADE BY BOTH
SIDE IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU I WILL NOW DIRECT YOU TO THE PERSON YOU WILL
CONTACT IN GHANA WHO WILL ASSIST AND LIASE WITH YOU IN THE CLEARING OF
THIS CONSIGNMENT FROM THE AFRICAN SECURITY COMPANY IN GHANA.PLEASE
FORWARD YOUR FULL CONTACT PARTICULARS TO ME ESPECALLY YOUR TELEPHONE,FAX
NUMBERS AND YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS FOR QUICK AND EASY REACH. THANKING YOU
FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND WILLINGNESS TO ASSIST.
REGARDS,
MRS ZAINAB HAMZA.

Email:zainabhamza@walla.com




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