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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: "AL HASAN LAMID" <al_hasan003@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: al_hasan1981@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2006 16:50:52 +0200
Subject: REPLY IMMEDIATELY

Goodday Dear.
I will first of all have to say thanks be to Almighty God who gave me the courage to trust and confind in you because i have never seen you and we have never hard any formal discussion and i prayed to God before establishing this contact with you and i also pray for God to give you the grace and strenth to Assist me in this endevour.
I am Al hasan Lamid;the son of late al hasan zuberu,a nationality of southern sudan,who was brutaly murderd in our country by the rebels during the war which has to this date placed almost every nationality of sudan into a deep pit of pains and agony.
However,before the death of my father,he made a deposit with a finance firm and confirming from the depositional documents which was handed over to me by his lawyer after his death,the total sum he deposited was $7.2million.from the clear interpritation of the depositional documents by his lawyer,i am the next of kin to the deposite and the deposit still remains in the custody of the finance firm awaiting my instrution to be transfer to my nominated beneficiary and possition.
My reason of contacting and confinding in you is because after going through your profile,i thought with the spirit of God whom has directed me in contacting you,i can take you as my investment partner because consedering the present political state and stebility of your country and with someone like you as my partner there,my investment in your country will be sucessfull.I want you assistance in transfering this deposite out of the finance firm to you in your country to enable us invested with it in a very lucrative business based on your advise.
I want to introduce you to the finance firm as my nominated beneficiary and my investment partner who the deposite will be transfer to his possition,after which you help and assist me in ensureing a sucessfull transfer of the deposite to your position.
I shall give to you 7% of the total sum for your king assistance and generiousity towards this.
As soon as this deposite has been transferd to your possition,i will have to come over to your country to meet with you on investment arrangements and plans.
I shall give you detail in this regards as soon as you indicate your full interest to assist me on this because my future depends on this deposite.
Kindly responde to this mail as soon as possible.
Your Sincerely.
Al hasan Lamid



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