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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. J Hipni" <oshdiaz007@fastwebmail.it>
Reply-To: jmhipni@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:46:48 +0200
Subject: Please reply !


Dear Friend,


I have not considered this medium to be the best manner to have approached
you on this issue being that the Internet has been greatly abused over the
recent time and is very unsecured for informations of vital importance. I
have decided to take the chance seeing that no other means could have been
faster and more efficient than the E-mail, and as you read this, I don't
want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die
someday. I am Dr.Jeremy Hipni, Oil merchant in Dubai, U.A.E.I have been
diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my
laxity in carrying for my health. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and
right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical
experts.I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really
cared for anyone not even myself but my business. I was never generous,I
was always hostile to people and only focus on my business as that was the
only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there
is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the
world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.


Now that God ! has called me, I have willed and given most of my properties
and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few
close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I
have decided to give arms to charity organizations and give succour and
confort to the less priviledged in our society, as I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some
charity organizations in the U.A.E, Somalia and Bangladesh. Now that my
health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self anymore. I once
asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the
money which I have there to charity organization and the less previledge
once in Myanmmer and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one
knows of is the huge cash deposit of Seven Million, Three Hundred Thousand
United State Dollars $7.300,000,00 that Is Domicile with Standard Chattered
Bank United Kindom .


If you can, I would want you to contact the Bank on my behalf and transfer
the money into your BANK account for the less previledge and the World
Hiv/Aids programme .Send me a mail to indicate if you can take up this
Task. (jmhipni@hotmail.com)

Dr.Jeremy Hipni

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