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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: "Hamith Al Garawi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hamithalgarawi@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 20:59:32 -0400
Subject: We need your guidiance

I Hamith Al-Garawi and my sister Rheemat,may wish to know if we can entrust in you in helping us to receive the $5.5m USD (Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) that our parents had with a Financial Institution in United Kingdom before their untimely death by Soldiers Former president of Ivory Coast,Mr.Laurent Gbagbo in West Africa.

Our Father Mr.Al-Garawi was a known as a reputable business man and was killed alongside with my mother Fatimah Al-Garawi.But we are in asylum to United Kingdom through United Nation (UN).We want you to help us receive our money and keep it safe with you, I and Rheemat will start applying for our transcript in the school so that we can come over to your country and conclude our Education.

If this is possible for you .Can you assure us of the under listed, when you receive this money as our Beneficiary, so as to enable us further our Education in your country.

1, Securing apartment for I and Rheemat,

2, Helping us to invest the fund on a profitable business and you will be guiding the affairs as the Director.


3, Finally, helping us for a better school to further our Education because right now I am a finalist of Business Management while Rheemat herself is studying Pharmacy in the University as well.

Thanks in hoping for your helpful suggestion & your kind response. (hamithalgarawi@gmail.com)

Yours Sincerely,
Hamith Al-Garawi

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