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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: "Dr. Thomas Haman" <dr_thomas_haman@gawab.com>
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2006 17:43:52 GMT
Subject: Re: private email address/ Reply sent.


Attention Mr. VICTIMNAME VICTIMNAME,

I received your mail and I must to confess everythings to you
how i get your mail ,because I believe in God and help from
humanity through the grace of Almight God, even your great
Father well knowing in all africa, say will should love one
another business or non-business .below the details.

1. brother I get your private Email address, when I was
searching for trust and honest person to execute the deal with,
through the Africa chamber of Commence.

2. This is real and the contract was executed by Danetec
construction Comapny Australia and they paid their main money of
the contract, is through the turn over $35.8M which is the over
invoice left through the amount paid to the contractors, is what
i want to transfer to your account, since our government fobid
us not run foreign account. With my position in the contract
committee will quarrantte the smoother transfer with both of us.


3. The deal is that if you want to us to work together and
achieve this success together, you have to keep it secrete,
since am still in active services, then you will send all your
receiving informations such as bank account where the money will
be transfer b. your cell phone for easy communications between
us, C. your home address, so that when the money transfer to you
I will trip down to your country for my share and investment of
the money through your contact.

Finally, you have to know that your own share of the money will
be 30% share of the $35.8M US Dollars is what i will offer you
as brother whom help me to get things done after victours of the
successful transfer. So if the % I offer you is not well
consider with you let me know, because your nolonger a friend
but a brother.

Dr. Thomas Haman.

(private mail) writes:

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