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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: "Hassan Ahmed" <hassan_ahmed21@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 11:46:43 +0000
Subject: Urgent

Dear Sir,

Goodday to you,to start with ,I am Hassan Ahmed ,from
Republic of IRAQ,I am a former member of Iraq Republican Guard,and a
special aide to Uday Hussein,late son of former president Saddam
Hussein.I deserted from Army after the death of my boss and am still
recovering from wounds i sustained when our troops was
ambush by Alliedsoldiers fighting us in our country,presently am in
Basra with my family.

Am privy to some of the lodgement my boss made in some
finance houses in Malaysia and Europe and know some of the
codes to release the fundsi will start with Fifteen million
U.S Dollars for a joint parnership in your business.

Let me know how you feel about this proposal and if you
have a better business that we can invest in, also let me
know..i will be waiting for your response,may peace of
Allah be with you.

Please indicate your willingness to proceed in this project
and send me your private telephone/fax numbers to
facilitate communication. Reply urgently
to:ahmed_h1969@yahoo.co.uk

regards
Hassan Ahmed,



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