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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: "Hasan BUBA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hasanbuba@mailbox.hu>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 15:35:30 +0300
Subject: PLEASE ACCEPT THIS PROPOSAL

Hello,

I am an Independent Legal and Financial Expert, i run a private Practice as a Solicitor and Financial Consultant, I lost my client and his entire family in a plane crash on December 25th 2003. An expatriate Engineer with Mobil Oil and Gas you can read more details of the crash from this website:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/en/doc/2003-12/26/content_293549.htm

I have the mandate of my deceased client bank to present any of his surviving relative for the claim of his fund or forfeit the fund as unclaimed. All my effort in locating any of his surviving relative has not been successful and i have little time left to make this claim.

I want you to stand in as a relative of my late client to enable me make the claim of the fund, The request of you being a foreigner as next of kin is associated by the fact that my client was a foreigner and no one here can stand as a next of kin to a foreigner. There will be no risk involved whatsoever if you agree to co-operate. However maximum privacy is of vital importance if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction. I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect all parties involved from any breach of law.

My objective is not to make any monetary gain but to use my percentage upon the completion of this transaction for a humanitarian course by establishing a foundation for children living with "HIV AIDS" in honor of my late client and his entire family. The total fund is U.S $27 Million and i will give you 40% of the fund at the completion of the transaction.

Kindly send the following information to me to enable me file the application for the claim:

Full Name:
Mailing Address:
Mobile phone Number:
Age & Gender:

Send the above information to my private email address. I know we have not met before and this may come as a surprise to you, be assured that I have contacted you in good faith as i look forward to your response.

Regards,

Mr. Hasan BUBA

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