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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: seahen maxwell <seahenmax2006@fsmail.net>
Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:34:31 +0100
Subject: urgent ?



Goodday Sir/Madam,

Thanks for your E-mail.
I was checking through an economic mailing list
belonging to a group of personal and economic business
gazette magazines and
was really amazed and fascinated to have noticed that
the newly updated database has increased with new
interesting members.
Since you have been listed in the database, I will
make the first initiative by introducing myself to
you,My name is Dr Seahen Maxwell, a retired chief
economist and financial adviser to various world
business leaders in the
field of economic projecting management.
During my years as chief economist & consultant, I had
made sure to bring up the best of me in my field of
play. My last
contract was with the late Lebanese Prime Minister,
(MP Saad Rafic Hariri) who was assassinated on 14th
February 2005 from a car
bomb.

http://www.rhariri.com/

During my association with him, we did
undertake a lot
of projects of which I was the main pillar behind the
facilitation and
also responsible for all the design works and ensuring
that all initiated projects were successfully
completed before
schedule.
But there was one project left behind completion which
was the Mineral Exploration project which His
Excellency and I were
the only individuals who new about the existence of
the project.
Before the beginning of this project, His Excellency
allocated funds needed for the completion of the
project from start to
finish in an offshore account which I and His
Excellency were the only ones who had full control
access to the funds in the
account.
As, you now know, Late Mr. Hariri was a very wealthy
and generous businessman and did what was needed of
him as a father,
leader and citizen of Lebanon.
As, a matter of fact since the death of Mr. Hariri,
work on the project has come to halt and the funds are
still in the bank
custody which I now intend getting out of the bank
account.
All attempts, I have made to reimbursed the money in
the account of the family have proved futile due to a
long political
strife with the Syrian authorities and as such only a
foreigner or a foreign business entity can get hold of
this funds as a
sub-contractor to our mineral exploration project due
for payment.
At this moment, the funds are located in a private
account in Switzerland. What I need from you now is
proof that you own a
company or a successful business or bank account that
can accommodated large funds. Since I cannot keep
these funds to myself
for security reasons or call for the transfer/release
of these funds to my personal account, then these
funds can be diverted
to your bank account for investment in properties and
blue chips securities or diverted to you as a loan
facility with me
having some equity right in your company.
I must stress here that, I am a very busy man and
would tolerate only serious and reliable person to
take up this proposal.Always contact me via my private
box on seahenmax2005@fsmail.net

Thanks
Dr Seahen Maxwell.




Goodday Sir/Madam,

Thanks for your E-mail.
I was checking through an economic mailing list
belonging to a group of personal and economic business
gazette magazines and
was really amazed and fascinated to have noticed that
the newly updated database has increased with new
interesting members.
Since you have been listed in the database, I will
make the first initiative by introducing myself to
you,My name is Dr Seahen Maxwell, a retired chief
economist and financial adviser to various world
business leaders in the
field of economic projecting management.
During my years as chief economist & consultant, I had
made sure to bring up the best of me in my field of
play. My last
contract was with the late Lebanese Prime Minister,
(MP Saad Rafic Hariri) who was assassinated on 14th
February 2005 from a car
bomb.

http://www.rhariri.com/

During my association with him, we did
undertake a lot
of projects of which I was the main pillar behind the
facilitation and
also responsible for all the design works and ensuring
that all initiated projects were successfully
completed before
schedule.
But there was one project left behind completion which
was the Mineral Exploration project which His
Excellency and I were
the only individuals who new about the existence of
the project.
Before the beginning of this project, His Excellency
allocated funds needed for the completion of the
project from start to
finish in an offshore account which I and His
Excellency were the only ones who had full control
access to the funds in the
account.
As, you now know, Late Mr. Hariri was a very wealthy
and generous businessman and did what was needed of
him as a father,
leader and citizen of Lebanon.
As, a matter of fact since the death of Mr. Hariri,
work on the project has come to halt and the funds are
still in the bank
custody which I now intend getting out of the bank
account.
All attempts, I have made to reimbursed the money in
the account of the family have proved futile due to a
long political
strife with the Syrian authorities and as such only a
foreigner or a foreign business entity can get hold of
this funds as a
sub-contractor to our mineral exploration project due
for payment.
At this moment, the funds are located in a private
account in Switzerland. What I need from you now is
proof that you own a
company or a successful business or bank account that
can accommodated large funds. Since I cannot keep
these funds to myself
for security reasons or call for the transfer/release
of these funds to my personal account, then these
funds can be diverted
to your bank account for investment in properties and
blue chips securities or diverted to you as a loan
facility with me
having some equity right in your company.
I must stress here that, I am a very busy man and
would tolerate only serious and reliable person to
take up this proposal.Always contact me via my private
box on seahenmax2005@fsmail.net

Thanks
Dr Seahen Maxwell.


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