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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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Fraud email example:

From: "ALI HASAN" <alihasan4@bk.ru>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:16:42 -0700
Subject: Business letter please attend to urgently

Attn Sir,
I obtained your information and profile from the bureau of information in Johannesburg, republic of South Africa and I would like to use this medium to bring to your attention, a prospective and risk free business offer to the tune of 9million United States dollars which I am definitely sure you will find interesting.
My name is Ali Hasan, personal guard to the formal Egyptian president, Huseni Mubarak. I am currently in the Republic of South Africa under refugee protection and needs an urgent business assistance from you and (or) your company. I left the presidential palace in Cairo Egypt to South Africa for refugee protection due to the ugly incident and crisis that took place in Egypt that resulted in the eviction and subsequent arrest of Huseni Mubarak the former president.
I arrived here with the sum of 9Million dollars but ran into an unfortunate situation. Due to my status as a refugee; I was not allowed to open a bank account to safeguard the funds in regular account hence on the advice of a financial consultant that I came across, I had to keep the funds in a safety deposit box with a security company. The reason why I am contacting you is to solicit your business assistance in the manner of acting as my next-of-kin to enable me transfer ownership of the funds to your name and subsequently carry out a telegraphic-Bank transfer of the funds to any overseas account you shall provide. I intend to have the funds secured in a stable business in your country which we shall also discuss about.
For your efforts and assistance in this business concern, I am willing to compensate you with 25% of the total funds while 5% shall be used to handle all internal and external expenses that shall arise in the cause of the business transaction. If you are interested in this offer please request for more details by contacting my financial adviser who is also aware of the transaction at the email address: dstamford@bk.ru Attn: Mr. David S. Hofman
He will provide you details of this operation including how the transfer of ownership shall be carried out and also how the swift/telegraphic –bank transfer of the money to your country shall be carried out. There may be possibilities of a meeting between all parties involved hence he shall inform you accordingly.
This transaction is risk free and highly rewarding but will require a considerable high level of confidentiality and secrecy. Please do consider this as a form of assistance to someone in desperate need. I am not a criminal but the situation that affected the EX-President is affecting everyone close to him. The said funds 9Million United States dollars was generated from contracts that I helped facilitate in the oil sector though with the help and influence of the EX-President. All those affiliated with the EX-President are expected to declare their assets and most get arrested for unaccountable assets and funds hence I withdrew the money from the bank and left the country unnoticed.
For some reasons, you do not need to contact me directly hence please contact my financial adviser at the email address: dstamford@bk.ru Attn: Mr. David S. Hofman for further details.
Thanks for taking time to read through this message.
Best regards and God be with you.
Ali Hasan

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