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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: "Senator.Hassan M. Gusau" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <senator.hassan@aol.in>
Date: Sun, 9 May 2010 23:09:11 +0300
Subject: Asalaam Alaikum

>From Senator.Hassan M. Gusau:

Aso-Rock Presidential Villa Five Man Presidential Task Force Committee Aso-Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja-Nigeria.
Good day, I am Senator .Hassan M. Gusau, a member of a Five Man Presidential Task Force Committee, appointed
by President Late Umaru Musa Yar'dua of the federal republic of Nigeria, to audit all contracts awarded by former
president Olusegun Obasanjo's administration. In the course of our investigations, we discovered several malpractices
involving over invoicing of contracts to the tune of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Million United States Dollars ). At this juncture,
we unanimously agreed to return US$6,000,000.00 back to the Federal Government of Nigeria, while the balance of
US$4,000,000.00 be transferred to a foreign account, to be disbursed by the Five Man Presidential Task Force Committee,
and this is where you come in. By law, we are forbidden as civil servants to hold or maintain foreign account while we are
still in government service, based on this, we will portray you as a foreign contractor, who dully executed his contract for the
Nigerian government, but has not been paid, so that the said balance of US$4,000,000.00 will be processed and transferred
into your account. As soon as the funds is transferred, we will disburse the funds as follows: 20% for your assisting by providing
your account for this purpose, 5% shall be mapped out to offset all incidental expenses during the process of transferring this funds
into your account, while 75% shall be for us, the originators of this deal. For your information, this deal is 100% risk free on both sides,
as we have all the necessary documentations, and all it entails to legally present you and your company as the legitimate and original
contractor that executed this contract for the Nigerian government. My dear, should you be interested to do this business with us,
do furnish me with the following information’s below immediately, so that we can swing into action, as this deal is expected to last for
14 working days or more, as soon as we hear from you. 1. Your full names, and address. 2. Your direct telephone and fax numbers for
easy and faster communication. 3. Your company's name and address if any. Note that the calibers of people involved in this transaction
are all top and influential government functionaries, who wouldn't want any form of exposure, as such, high level of confidentiality should
be accorded to this deal, till the end of time. Thanking you with an eager anticipation for a healthy and fruitful business relationship,
while I look forward to receive your swift reply through this email:{senator.hassan@aol.in}.

Yours faithfully,

Senator.Hassan M. Gusau.

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