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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: Hazim Issa <hazimissa@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: hazimissa@live.fr
Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2011 00:04:06 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: Please I await your response.


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Good Day, 
 
I am Mr. Hazim Issa the Bill and Exchange Manager at the Foreign Remittance
Department of African Development Bank (ADB) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso I has an
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. That could help you
and me.
 
On 6 Oct 2003,A Malaysian who is an investor, Gold Merchant and Federal
Government with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Mr
Subramaniam Muthuveran from Selangor Malaysian national deposited the sum of
US$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million Dollars only) in my bank. Upon maturity, I
sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers,
the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) that Mr Subramaniam
Muthuveran died in a plane crash with his entire family in 2004 which involved
with Flash Airline that occurred on the 4Th of January 2004.
 
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that In the bank form
for next of kin, that Mr Subramaniam Muthuveran Before his death filled his wife
Susan Muthuveran as his next of kin but unfortunately, the wife died with him
along others and therefore, there is nobody left behind to claim the fund of Mr
Subramaniam Muthuveran as his next of kin, so that was the reason why I
contacted you and proposed it as a deal between us.
 
Meanwhile, According to the Burkina Faso Law, under Burkina's foreign and
defense affairs, at the expiration of 6 (Six) years, such funds will revert to
the ownership of the Burkina Faso Government for financing military operations,
such as purchasing of arms and ammunition for the military. In order to avert
this negative development, now the Fund is currently in a suspense account
awaiting claim, the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release
this fund to any of his relatives abroad. Then I will like to seek for your
permission as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr Subramaniam
Muthuveran so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not be use for
financing weapons which will further enhance the courses of war in the world in
general.
 
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
40% for you and 60% for me. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done accordingly and with my position as the bill and
exchange guarantees the successful execution of this transaction Necessary
modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund claim under a
legitimate arrangement, If you are interested please reply immediately so that I
will instruct you on what to do next, Finally you should observe utmost
confidentiality and be rest assured that these transaction would be most
profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my
share in your country.
 
Anxiously am waiting to hearing from you.
 
My best regards to your family,
Mr Hazim
Issa

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