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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: "From Hajiya Hauwa Umar Radda" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hajihauwaumarradda@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:38:39 +0100
Subject: YOUR REPLY HIGHLY NEED



Dear: Sir/Madam

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise am sorry if it has caused you any embarrassment How are you and also how is your family, i hope everybody is doing great? , if so thanks be to almighty GOD. My name is Hajiya Hauwa Umar Radda, I am the ex wife president Umar yar Adua the president Federal Republic of Nigeria. Who die on 5 May 2010. I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise, am sorry is it has caused an embarrassment.



My dear am writing to you now with my heart filled up with tears and grief based on the kind of embarrassment and humiliations which i passed through after the arrival of my ill husband president Umar Yar Adua from hospital Saudi Arabia .

It happened when I went to see him with my two sons but the first wife seem to hate me and my two sons, she couldn't allow me to see my ex husband and upon that she slapped me when I was trying to force my way in and also accused me of knowing why my ex-husband is sick.


There is a huge amount of money(US$ 22.5million dollar) which my sick ex husband deposited in one of the security company in London, it was two days after my husband's arrival she came to my house with some thugs asking me to provide all the necessary documents for the money or else she will kill me and my two sons killed but I insisted that I will not give it to her my ex husband did not deposited fund on her behalf, now everything is getting worse she was threatening to eliminate me and my two sons before I ran out of the country to hide myself and two son. Somewhere.

Where am residing now under the care of one of my family friend and am very sick now due to the hard time I passed through when she was threatening to kill me.


Now I have decided to invest the money on, Hotels or Restaurant business, Housing and Estate Management. Before my death For the benefit of my two son in further.

I am writing to you now to know if you can be of help to me with the investment and also to take good care of my two sons because am afraid of my health . Please if you are interested to help me, I will like you to furnish me with all this information’s...



Your full name..................................

Your full contact address.......................

Your age........................................

Your occupation.................................



Your phone number...............................



Your fax number.................................



At the end of this transition you will have 30% of the total amount for your help and 70% will be use for any of the investment I mention.





And will like you to keep this so confidential just between me and you.

Thanks, may the almighty Allah bless you.

please vist this two site:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umaru_Yar'Adua#Marriage_and_family

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umaru_Yar'Adua



Best Regards.

Hajiya Hauwa Umar Radda


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