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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: Mr. Hanan Al Mazem. <hananalmaze_m@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Jan 2003 04:31:50 -0800
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT


FROM THE DESK OF MR. HANAN AL MAZEM.
BRANCH OPERATIONAL MANAGER
NATIONAL BANK OF ABU-DHABI,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES.
Email: hananalmaze_m@yahoo.com

Salam

This must be confidential to everybody until our transaction is over.
I am Mr. Hanan Al Mazem, the new Manager of National bank
of Abu-Dhabi United Arab Emirates , at the ADNOC CASH-OFFICE Branch.
I will wish if you put this into consideration. I would like to make you the =

Beneficiary to my deceased client Mr. Morris Thompson, who made some deposits =

of $9.700, 000 (Nine Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
with my bank.

You can visit this web site to confirm my information's to you at
ALASKA AIRLINE FLIGHT 261. =
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
He died without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an =
open
beneficiary mandate, which i am in position to provide any body as next of =
kin.
I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do for the funds to be =
wired
into your account, if you are willing to do it. The fund will be divided into =
two part
you will have 30% percent of the money, 20% percent for charity =
home(motherless home)
and 50% percent for my self.

I will be glad if your responds is granted and made fast for immediate =
transaction.
Awaiting your urgent and positive response via my private email: =
hananalmaze_m@yahoo.com.

Yours Sincerely
Mr. Hanan Al Mazem.

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