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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: "Hammad" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hammad.bashir30@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:12:14 +0400
Subject: SALAAM,WAIT FOR URGENT REPLY

Salaam,
I am bashir hammad based in united kingdom, I have a plan of coming to invest in your country mostly in your field operating a very good business as a means of investment abroad. of which I need a responsible and honest person to handle this project for me because of my position at work, My preference is any good profit yielding business and I would appreciate any good ideas you could come up with. And the money is in saved keeping, Which I will want you received this money in your country on my behalf, After the agreement and memorandium of understand and used the fund for investment together, In the area of any investment in your country,
 
I am personal assistance to my boss, for we work together for many years hence he was the one behind all I have today, because he carry me along in all his crude oil bussines in rich oil countries of africa the fund I have raised for this project came from the last deal we had eight mouths ago . So what I will want you to do, is to mail me back to know what u have in stock,
for me to arrange for the fund,
 
moreover I can instruct my attorney to open conversation with you to moved the fund to you in your country for the investment you will advice to do, For you to stand as  the owner of the investment in your country, Due to my position at work, Known that in all your assistance you are getting a reasonable percentage and of which you are standing as the owner of this project. And for the assistance you will render to me in your country for the investment, the share of the profit after the Investment will be share by 70-30.  And I will like you to be a trusted and honest person to me,
 
Whatever your decision,I wait for a prompt and urgent responds,
 
thanks
Masaalam.
 
 

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