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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: "Barr Hamza Ali" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.hamzaali.odumoduchambers@megamail.pt>
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:33:58 +0100
Subject: VERY IMPORTANT


SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
FROM THE DESK OF BARR HAMZA ALI REPRESENTING THE ODUMODU CHAMBERS LAGOS STATE NIGERIA


Attn Beneficiary,

I was called upon by the Federal Minister of Justice to represent you in your Pending Payment here in Nigeria, I introduce my self as Barrister Hamza Ali,
A solicitor at law here in Nigeria, My Id card to prove my identity is intact incase you need it for verification.

It is my pleasure to inform you that you have been scheduled to be paid $1.5 million Through an Automated teller machine card (ATM Card) which you will
only be Required to proceed to any ATM Cash Point (you can make withdrawal in any location and ATM Center of your choice) to withdraw the sum of $5,000.00
USD per day till the payment is completed. ATM Card Number: 6280512 0033 8009 4273 have been approved in your favor. Your Personal Identification Number is
9032 and a copy of your ATM CARD has been attached to this email

How you won:

No tickets were sold. This development is as a result of a just concluded yearly program where 10 Individuals who have fallen victim by scammers, get cash
benefits from the Federal Government of Nigeria. These 10 beneficiaries are selected randomly through personal websites. Being an international program,
The Fed Ministry endeavor to make this opportunity available to everyone, no matter the location.
We have concluded delivery arrangement with FEDEX COURIER SERVICES. You are to have your ATM CARD delivered to you within 24hrs through FedEx Courier.


I as your lawyer representing you in this case will never charge you a cent until you receive your funds then you will have to request for our chambers
fee to make available the payments. Follow my instructions carefully to avoid been scammed, because so many foreigners has fallen
victim of scams because of their lack of not going through a senior advocate lawyer to help them out in their transaction.


If you have been scammed before in this task, All you need to understand is that you are out of luck not meeting with the right office in charge
of your transaction and i must ask you to put aside bad words because you do not know who sent you this email, It might be the Prophet or the Devil,
So you do not just send bad comment to me all because you think this might be one of the scams going on. My ID card has already been
attached to this email for view. We can be friends and i can help you out and i can explain to you why you have been receiving scam emails
everyday and i will teach you on how to know who is real or not, Allthat is what i was trained as a lawyer for. So you need to understand
my words before you respond, You can also communicate with me through the phone as my phone number is below this email. If you have any question,
You are free to ask me whatever and i promise you that i will provide you with all answers with sincere heart knowing there is not
hing to gain after we gain the whole world in 100 yrs and loose our life in a spot, I hope you understand?


So i will demand that you kindly provide me with your full detailssuch as.....FULL NAMES......RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS....OCCUPATION...
...AGE......A SCAN COPY OF YOUR DRIVER L, OR INTL PASSPORT.


I will wait for your response so i can give you proper directionsand only if you mild tempered, You can see the future in you.
I am not a perfect man, I can not promise you anything, All i can say is to trust me when i need you to because i feel so
bad when i am been treating like a cheat. But time shall tell if you believe.


Waiting for Your response


Barr Hamza Ali

+2348024352499



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