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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?david=20hamal?= <davidhamal800@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: davidhamal80@katamail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 13:49:46 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: TRUSTEE


J'ai une nouvelle adresse mailVous pouvez maintenant m'écrire à : davidhamal800@yahoo.fr

Dear Friend,


Calvary greetings to you,in the name of the most high,



As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for

me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.



My name is David hamal, a merchant in Dubai, in the

U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer

which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in

caring for my health. It has defiled all forms of

medicine, and right now I have only about a few

months to live, according to medical experts.




I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I

never really cared for anyone not even myself but my

business. Though I am very rich, I was never

generous, I was always hostile to people and only

focus on my business as that was the only thing I

cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know

that there is more to life than just wanting to have

or make all the money in the world. I believe when God

gives me a second chance to come to this world I would

live my life a different way from how I have lived it.




Now that God ! has called me, I have willed and given

most of my properties and assets to my immediate and

extended family members and as well as a few close

friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my

soul and so, I have decided to give arms to charity

organizations and give succour and confort to the less

priviledged in our societies, as I want this to be one

of the last good deeds I do on earth.





So far, I have distributed money to some charity

organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now

that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do

this my self anymore. I once asked members of my

family to close one of my accounts and distribute the

money which I have there to charity organization and

to the less priviledged in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they

refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do

not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be

contended with what I have left for them.





The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge

cash deposit of twenty four million dollars(24MUSD) that I

have with a Security Company in Europe for safe

keeping. I will want you to help me collect this

deposit and disburse it to some charity organizations

and to the less priviledged.



Please send me a mail to indicate if you will assist

me in this disbursement.



I have set aside 10% for you for your time and

patience.




You can e-mail me at my private email:davidhamal80@katamail.com


While I await to hear from you, may God be with you

and your entire family.




Remain blessed.




David Hamal





- david hamal


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