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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: "AMINU HASSAN" <aminuhassan_01@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 23:36:56 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Esteemed Friend,

It is my pleasure to contact you,I am aware this mail may come to you as
most espected,since we have not met ourselves previously,Nevertheless,kindly
hear me out with open mind.

My name is Mr.Aminu Hassan H, 44 years of age,a Ghana National,married with
a wife and four children, I work as an Assistant secretary with SOCIAL
SECURITY COMPANY (GH) LIMITED, Accra-Ghana.I got information concerning You
from review on Chamber of Commerce in business relations here in Accra
Ghana,and after due consultation with my spiritual adviser, I decided to
contact you believing that by the grace of Almighty Allah, you will accept
to be my partner in this business.

I joined the services of this company in 1994 as an office assistant. I have
been working with this company for ten years. Within this period I have
watched with meticulous precision how African Heads of States and government
functionaries have been using SOCIAL SECURITY COMPANY to move huge sums of
money ( USD, Pound Sterling, French France – (Cash) to their foreign
partners.

They brought in these consignments of money cash and secretly declared the
contents as Jewelleries, Gold,Diamond,Precious stones, family treasure,
Documents,Personal effects,etc. Gen.H.E Adisa of Nigeria (dead), Mobutu Sese
Seku of Zaire (dead) Foday Sankoh of Siera – Leone.Jonas Savimbi of Angola (
dead ) Idiamin of Uganda ( dead ) etc.

All these people have hundreds of consignments deposited with SOCIAL
SECURITY. Their foreign partners, friends and relatives, are claiming most
of these consignments. A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as
15 years. No body may ever come for them because in most cases, the
documents of deposit are never available to any body except the
depositors and most of them dead.

Due to congestion and complications, in the inception of the 2000
millennium, SOCIAL SECURITY MANAGEMENT changed the procedure of claims of
consignments. As soon as you are able to produce all the secret information
as contained in the secret file of any consignment, it will be released to
you upon demand.

>From our record, more than 30 consignments belonging to Gen.Adisa /Mobutu
Sese Seko,Jonas Savimbi and Idiamin has been claimed in the past three
years. This is why I am soliciting for your cooperation and assistance. Gen.
Adisa has 45 consignments deposited with several names and codes. none have
been claimed in the past two years. Since he is dead, his two sons is also
dead in a Belleview plane crash last month on their way to their capital
city Abuja,

I have finished every arrangement for you to come and claim consignment NO:A
/1200 containing $12.5M USD and consignment No: A /1201 contains $16.5M
USD,My duty is to supply you with all the detail information and documents
by fax. You will deal directly with the management.

The procedure is simple:

You will apply officially to the Director of Operations of SOCIAL SECURITY
for the release of the consignment No: A / 1200 and No:A / 1201. They will
demand for some documents and secret codes. Call me, I’ll supply you with
every detailed information which you will Fax to them.

As soon as they confirm it to be correct, they will invite you for the
collection. If you do not want to come to Accra-Ghana, you can arrange with
them to transfer the consignment to any country of your choice on
agreement.No person will ever know I am involved in the deal. I’ll
suggest upon conclusion we share 50% – 50%. At the successful conclusion of
the deal, you’ll arrange for my family and I to come over to your country. I
assure you that the business has been hatched free for 3years now, it is
very secure and risk free. You can contact me for comprehensive
informations, 24 hours for further explanations and directives on the
procedure.


Thanks for your understanding and cooperation as I await your urgent and
positive reply,

Yours sincerely,

Mr.Aminu Hassan H.



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