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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: <alan_hasan2o1@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 13:47:41 +0900 (JST)
Subject: bertholdkohl_79@mozartmail.info

Hi My Dear,

Good day to you and how are you? I hope you are fine there. Thanks for your reply to my letter. I am happy to meet you for help in this situation. Now before I go on, I will like to tell you more about myself, My name is Alan Hassan the only Child to my late parents late and Mrs. Mohammed Hassan
from repulblic of Liberia in West Africa

I am now left alone because my mother died earlier before the war started in our country. It was because of the Cruel crises in our country that my father told me to go and stay in Cote D'Ivoire with the documents he used to deposit this money $9.500.000.00 dollars for safety. This money is
deposited in a bank here in Cote D'Ivoire.

It was unfortunate to me that my father was involved to the victim and was killed. Manythings in my country was destroyed in the war. I am presently in Cote D'ivoire and will need your help to transfer this money to your country into your bank account for investment that is why I contact you and I
am happy for your promise in helping me.

In fact, I am not affraid to open up this background to you because I have trusted you in this manner before contacting you for help.

But in addition, I want you to promise me that you will not betray me or do me any harm if the bank transfer this money to you?
Explain yourself very well to me so that I will know you before I send you the proves that cover this money in the bank with the bank contact so that you will be able to link up with the bank for the transfer Send me anything to Identify yourself, Such as any of your I.D Card or international pass
port for Identification.

1) I want you to tell me your full name.
2) Send me your telephone Number
3)Write to me your residence house address

When I hear from you, I will send you the documents that covers this money and I will also send you the contact of the bank so that you will contact the bank for the transfer.

Please let anything you will do to help me comes out from your heart and I assure you that God will bless you for helping me because I need your help.

Thanks and I await for your next message.
Yours Sincerely
Alan Hassan
Tel: +225 661 682 36
Please call me when you received this mesage for more oral conversation



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