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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: "Henry Hamilton" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ggynduka@naseej.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 06:50:42 -0400
Subject: Business Partner Needed (Reed & Reply)

Good day,

Pardon me for not know your mindset before sending you this proposal, i intend to establish with
you a business in your country which is not mandatory nor will in any manner be compelling for
you to honour against your will.

I am Henry Hamilton 18 years old and the only son of my late parents Mr and Mrs Hamilton . My
father was a highly reputable busnness man (Gold dust and cocoa merchant) who operated in the
capital of Ghana during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France
during one of his business trips abroad on the 12th.April 2008.

My mother also died when I was just 4 years old,and since then my father took me so
special And before his death on April 12th 2008, he called his secretary who accompanied him to the
hospital and told him that he has the sum of (USD$3.5 Million) left it in a fixed suspence
account hear in one of the leading banks in west Africa. He further told him that he deposited the
money in his name,and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in
possession of all the necessary and legal documents concerning the fund to hand the funds over to me
upon his death when I am of age.

I am just 18 years old now and a young college boy, who do not really know what to do with all this money.

Having confided in my father's lawyer of my intention to leave Africa entirely, I am in desperate need of a foreign partner
who can help me to transfer this fund out of here to his country into his bank account, so that you can start looking for a
business which we can invest this money on, considering the current unstable economic conditions and crisis in Africa,
which I fear might not be conducive or enabling enough for me to establish a business.

Furthermore, I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of the incessant political crisis
here in Africa, and the death of my father concluded my resolve to leave my country.

Therefore Dear Sir/Madam, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance on this regard, and
your suggestions and ideas will be highly appreciated.

Now permit me to ask these few questions.

1. Can you honestly help me as your son?
2.can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be
good for you to start a business, after the money is in your account.

Please,Consider all these and get back to me as soon as possible so i give you the full
informations that will be needed and i want you to know that you are the first persons i
have contacted to request for this assistance.

Kindly forward your response to: {ggynduka@naseej.com}

Thank you so much and God bless you abundantly.

Yours sincerely,
Henry Hamilton

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