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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: "contact" <svk_contact2@welcomebuddy.com>
Reply-To: nina_hamzeh86@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 4:31:52 MDT
Subject: FROM MISS:NINA HAMZEH.



FROM MISS:NINA HAMZEH.



Dearest, I know this mail will come to you as suprise, but in a brief introduction, My name is Miss Nina Hamzeh the only survived Daughter of Mr. and Mrs Ayad Hamzeh who was killed in his office during the time of the problem in Iraq.



I am a Gambian by nationality and was born in Iraq as my father live in Iraq and married my mother there. My father was an oil marchant in Iraq till his death and my mother who is only my surviving died last year as my father's relations was against her due to she refused to handed my father's business vital documents to them.



But before the death of my mother she told me of the documents she handed to our family lawyer which my late father used to buy some of his properties including the deposit slip of the money he deposited in one of the finance house.



My mother warned and told me that I should seek for a country of my choice outside Africa and trust the money $11.5 MIllion to the hands of a man whom I know that will take me as his daughter and train me to the level of Education I want.



Now it is my pleasure to contact you believing that it will lead to a better relationship between us. I have this inheritance of this money which I inherited through my late father that I would want to trust in your hands as I said above.



I want you to stand as my late father's business partner in claiming the money $11.5 Million from the  finance house. I have concluded within myself as an Orphan that you will stand as my parent and guidian be in full control of the money hence you will have me as your daughter and give me the level of education I want to have.



I will give you more detail and forward all vital information as soon as I hear from you with the contact details of the Finance house where my late father deposited the money.


Kinds Regards.

Miss Nina Hamzeh
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