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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: "Mrs Nazek Hariri" <infobh200296@msn.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 01:12:10 +0000
Subject: Mrs.Nazek Hariri(URGENT REPLY)

Mrs.Nazek Hariri,
President,
Hariri Organization
Beirut, Lebanon
E-mail: nazekhariri@koraenmail.com
 
Dear Friend,
 
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have
never met. The message could be strange but real, if you pay some
attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the
sake of your integrity.
 
I am Mrs.Nazek Hariri, wife of the late Prime Minister of Lebanon,
Mr Rafiq Hariri, who was assassinated on 14 February 2005, along with 20
others, near the St. George Hotel in Beirut.
 
 
in the wake of his assassination on 14 February 2005, the United
Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan dispatched a fact-finding mission
to investigate the killing. Arriving in Beirut on 25 February, the mission
interviewed Lebanese officials and politicians, from both the
government and opposition, studied the Lebanese investigation and legal
proceedings, examined the crime scene and collected evidence. It also
interviewed some Witnesses.
 
The report emphasizes that it is impossible to identify the culprit
until the perpetrators have been brought to justice, but blames the
Syrian government, which it charges with exerting influence that goes beyond the reasonable exercise of cooperative or neighborly relations, with
primary responsibility for the political tension that preceded the
assassination, by its (interference) with the details of governance in
Lebanon in a heavy-handed and inflexible manner.
 
Since the perpetrators of these evil act has not been brought to
justice, l have the feelings that l am not also save here in Beirut. I
intend leaving for Europe or the United States.
 
During my husband's regime as the Prime Minister of Lebanon, He
realized some reasonable amount of money from various deals that I
successfully executed. The money was deposited by my husband in my
name, Mrs.Nazek Hariri, in a Finance firm in Europe. I have plans to invest this money outside Lebanon,
 
I am contacting you because am looking for a trusted and reliable
person that will represent me in Europe to claim the money on my
behalf. I have sent a notification letter to the financier institution, that the
consignment will be collected by the family foreign business partner.
Why l need a foreign partner is that, as an Arab woman, the tradition
forbids me to run any business with my son (Saadeddine). Since he was
not aware of the money from the very first beginning.
 
When I receive your positive response I will then give you details of
the Finance firm, and the amount involves
Best regards and God bless,
Mrs.Nazek Hariri
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