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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: "Abdulla Hassan." <abduhassan6@earthlink.net>
Reply-To: "Abdulla Hassan." <abdullahassanmailbox@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 21:29:31 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: Hello.

Hello,
I am Mr. Abdulla Hassan, a Bahrain national 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 hostile 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. I have a huge cash deposit of Eighteen Million Dollars ($18, 000, 000. 00) that I have with a finance House abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations 20% will be for your effort and time. If you would be able to help me fulfill this last living request, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues so that I can contact you with further details. I await your response to the issues raised here.

Yours Faithfully.
Mr.Abdulla Hassan.

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