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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: Mr Ahmed Hussein <yaraduama@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: husseinmr82@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2010 16:52:45 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: ATTENTION: PLEASE,


ATTENTION: PLEASE,
FROM,THE DESK OF MR AHMED HUSSEIN
THE Audit Director of a Bank[I.I.B.S]
IRON INTERNATIONAL BANK OF SENEGAL (I.I.B.S)

For sure this mail would definitely come to  you as a surprise, but do take your good
time to go through it,I am MR AHMED HUSSEIN,the audit Director of a Bank[I.I.B.S],during 
the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the
bank in 2000 and since 2003 nobody has operated on this account again.After going
through  some  old files in the records I  discovered  that the owner of the account
died without a [heir] hence the money is floating

and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.The owner
of this account is a foreigner, a miner and an industrialist.He made millions of dollars
before he died victoriously.for your viewing  Since  DEC 26  2003  website details as 
follow http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3351083.stm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200312/s1016642.htm
no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it.My investigation
proved to me that the account has no other beneficiaryand that until his death he was
the  manager director of aluminium & steelindustries (PTY). SA.

We will start the transfer with the total sum in volved [ Twenty Five Million USDollars
[ 25.000.000.00 USD] only,into your account, as a safe foreigners bank  account abroad,
but I don't know any foreigner abroad that's why I have contacted you to bear the legal
sole beneficiary of the fund.
 
I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this
business.Also send your private telephone number and fax number including the full details
of the account to be used for the deposit.I need your strong assurance that you will never
let me down in this business proposition. With my influence and the position in the bank,
as an official whom is working in our favour we can transfer this money to any foreigner's
reliable account which you can provide withassurance that this money will be intact pending
my physical arrival in your country for sharing.
 
The bank official will destroy all documents of transaction immediately you receive this
fund leaving and they will beno trace to any place and to build confidence you can  wrote
immediately to discuss with me the modalities,after I will make this remittance in your
presented account and fix my resign date,to fly down to your country at least 7 days ahead
of the fund transferred and confirm intothe account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 45% of the total amount,50% will be
for me,while 5%  will be for expenses might have incurred during the process of transferring.
Reply to my private mail husseinmrahme@yahoo.com.hk
l am waiting for your reply.         

Best Regards,
MR AHMED HUSSEIN



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