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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: "MR Aalim Hassan." <aalimhassan@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: alhassan1315@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2010 01:56:19 +0300
Subject: I KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS FOR MR.



I KNOW YOU CAN DO THIS FOR MR.


listen to me Dear Friend,

My name is MR Aalim Hassan a Crude Oil merchant in IRAN,i have been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled all forms of medical
treatment, and right now I have only about a few time to live,
according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so
well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my
business.



Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always harsh to
people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I
cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more
to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.


Now that it is the will of God that i am in this condition, I have
given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended
family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be
merciful to me and accept me, I have decided to give aids to charity
organisations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on
earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organisations
in Austria,liberia, and Malaysia.



Now that my health condition is geting bad daily, I cannot do this
myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my
accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity
organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money
to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to
be contended with what I have left for them.



The last money which no one knows about is the huge cash deposit of
TWENTY NINE MILLON dollars ($29,000,000,00 )that I have with a
finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect
this deposit and dispatched it to charity organization in your area I
have set aside 10% for you and for your time.


May Allah Bless You.
MR Aalim Hassan.

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