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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: Fattah Hafeez <pam.shepherd@sbcglobal.net>
Reply-To: fattahhafeez2@sify.com
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2009 08:03:30 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Pardon Me and Please Respond:


Pardon Me and Please Respond:

My name is Fattah Hafeez from Dubai, 72 years old Man suffering from long term illness I have some funds of the tune of (US$18,000.000.00 ) Eighteen Million United States Dollars and I need a very honest and God fearing person from your country that will use the funds for God's work and charitable funding, I found your email address and name from the Internet and decided to contact you. Please if you know these Funds will not be used for the purpose i stated, don’t bother replying please.

I will send you the full details and more information about myself and the funds.

Note that you'll be dearly and highly compensated

You can contact me via this Email Address: (m_fattahhafeez@sify.com)
 
Fattah Hafeez
 
 

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