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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: "HASSAN MOHAMED" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mhamdhassann@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 May 2011 17:37:32 -0700
Subject: HI

Dear,
Please I urgently need a business partner in any of the Asian
Countries or Europe , but preferably United Arab Emirate. The person has to be resident in any of these countries and needs to have good
business knowledge. Am only being particular about UAE because of
stability of their Economy and high level of peace and security.

The investment capital available with me is Eight Million, Two Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars ($8,200,000USD)
The partnership will be on a 60-40 percentage basis. You have 40
percent of the proceeds from the business while 60 percent will be
mine.

You will be in charge of the running of the business. Please I
need your urgent reply so that I can start arrangements on how to make
the necessary transfere as fast as possible,Please furnish me with your phone number and
full contact details,nationality and the type of business you will prefer we go
into,please you can reach me through my this email.


Yours Sincerely
MOHAMED HASSAN


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