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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: Hashiru Umaru Yar Adua <hashi1@att.net>
Reply-To: temple_lard@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 03:50:53 -0800 (PST)
Subject: MUTUAL BENEFIT.



Dear Sir/Madam.

Please Your Kind Response is needed

I am Hashiru Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, the first son of President Umaru Musa Yar'adua president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

My Father left the country for Saudi Arabia on November 23rd 2009 for medical treatment at the King Fasisal Specialist Hospital.

According to the Doctor, my father is suffering from acute perricarditis an inflammation of the outer covering of the heart, He has spent two months and in King Faisal Specialist Hospital for the treatment of the ailment. Meanwhile he has retured to country but not sound.Now there is so much pressure on my Father to hand over power to Vice president Goodluck Jonathan as stated in Nigerian constitution of 1999 before my Father hands the power to his vice, We used the opportunity of his illness to transfer the sum of US$180M.to Europe through accredited diplomatic channels for safe keeping abroad.

Please we need your urgent assistance to get the said fund remitted into your personal account for safe keeping and investment project in your country. More details regarding this transaction will be relayed to you as soon as I am in receipt of your response.

With tears I am sending you some website that will help you know more about my Father state of health. I am not happy with the situation of things but what can I do rather than to protect what he has acquired for me and the family. Please read through it and get more information of on the situation from BBC, CNN etc.

http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=163859
http://www.modernghana.com/news/258522/1/yaraduas-presidency-over-president-is-brain-dead.html
http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/y/umaru_yaradua/index.html

Thank you very much as I look forward to hearing from you for your kind assistance.

Regards,
Hashiru Umaru Yar'Adua.
Federal Republic of Nigerian.

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