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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: "Mr. Alex Philson Ammon" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alphil12325@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:08:27 +0100
Subject: From:Alex Philson Ammon.

From:Alex Philson Ammon.

Dear Sir,

My name is Alex Philson Ammon; I worked as one of the aids to the deposed government of Hussein Mubarak of Egypt. When the 18 days of civil
unrest/protest that finally forced Mubarak out of office started, he entrusted into my care the sum of Fourty Five million Three Hundred Thousand united
states dollars [$45,300,000.00] for safe keeping, following the news that Swiss bank has confiscated his one hundred and seventy billion
dollars offshore in their country.

The Fourty Five million Three Hundred Thousand United States dollars [$45,300 000.00] in my possession is presently
somewhere with a security and finance company in Asia as classified material pending claim. Now that his government has collapsed and he
Mubarak flown out of Egypt to seek asylum, I am left with an opportunistic option to divert this money for my private use as
situation at hand have cut off communication with my self and our leader Mubarak in the interim.

My main reason for my contacting you is to seek for your business expertise if you have any, as in my entire life, I have worked as a
civil servant and does not have good business idea or what to invest this huge money into for myself and my only son. If you think you can
partner with us feel free to get back to me soonest for discussion of this deal and further details.

Get back tom through this my private contact email:alphilson12324@yahoo.com.hk.

Regards,

Alex Philson Ammon



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