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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: Asita Hussain <asita.hussain2010@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2011 04:18:12 +0900 (KST)
Subject: I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU.


I HAVE A BUSINESS PROPOSAL FOR YOU.    
Dear Good Friend,
I am Mr Asita
Hussain, The Chief Auditor/Information Manager, In-Charge of Foreign Unit of our
bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial
transaction/transfer worth the sum of Twenty Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand
U.S Dollars (US$29.2M)for our progress and richness.This is an abandoned sum
that belongs to our late foreign customer (an International Billionaire French
Businessman) who died in plane crash disaster since three years ago along with
his wife.

I was opportuned to see the deceased deposit file bearing this
huge amount of money when i was inspecting the dated and current customers files
in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official
validation / re-documentation against the statement approval to the account
holders for the year. In a swift investigation carried out by me, i found out
that non of the deceased relative is aware of the abandoned fund except his late
wife.

As a result of that, it is an extremely confidential matter between
me and you.
Hence you are a foreigner to our country, you are authorized by
our Banking law to apply and claim the fund into your account as the NEXT-OF-KIN
to the deceased. For assisting me to get the fund transferred into your bank
account, the ratio of 40% of the total sum is for your share whereas 60% is for
me as business pioneer.

Please i need your urgent response on assurance
of trust that you will not deny my right of the share once the fund gets into
your account because i am a poor civil servant who depend on little monthly
salary. That you are the one who will help me to get visa to your country
immediately i resign from my work on the instant of the transfer into
your
account.
If you are realy sure of your integerity, trustworthy, and
confidentiality,
reply urgently and to prove that, include your particulars
as follows.

Your Full Names...................

Occupation...........................

Age   .....................................
Marrital
Status.......................
Personal Phone No...............

Country.................... 

  Yours in sincerity,
Mr Asita
Hussain



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