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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: alimat hassan <alimathassan20@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:08:17 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Hello Dear,!!



Hello Dear,!!



Greeting to you and your family, I am Miss Alimat Hassan, the only daughter of my late parents Mr, and Mrs, Hassan kone, I need your help to transfer the fund that my late Father deposited with a bank here before he died My father was a highly reputable business magnet-(acocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days and also he was a Gold and Diamond dealer and he was very active in a politics and my mother was a teacher they were killed in our home during the political problem here which made all the foreign investorstor leave the cites.



I want to invest the money in your country and continue my studies.the money is ($ 4.5 Million) I will give you 30% of the Total money for your help. I assure you in the name of the almighty Lord. And I will tell you more Once you get back to me and also i will send you my pictures and the deposit certificat documents of the fund,



I will be anxiosely waiting for your urgent response,

Thanks and God bless you,



Yours Sincerely,

Miss Alimat Hassan,



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