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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: "Hassan Bello" <hassanbelloegypt@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Sep 2012 08:33:47 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED


Good Day,

I am Hassan Bello, former secret Financial Adviser and Overseas
Funds Disbursement Agent to Mr. Naguib Sawiris, and Hosni Mubarak;
Egypt's richest man and former president respectively.

Mr. Sawiris secretly assigned me to facilitate movement overseas a
total sum of USD2.4Billion of President Mubarak’s wealth few days into
the 2011 Arab Spring/Revolution, sensing the eventually toppling of
the Mubarak's government and his current imprisonment. You can confirm
this on the websites below:

http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/8038551-19-secret-jets-arrive-dubai-from-cairo-carrying-wealthy-families

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/middleeast/la-fg-egypt-violence-20110204,0,4584054.story

I successfully secured bulk of the USD2.4Billion in Financial
Instruments in Switzerland, UK, Indonesia, Dubai, Accra Ghana and the
New York and Hong Kong Stock Exchanges on proxy basis to disguise the
real ownership. The total sum of USD40.5Million Interest/Dividend from
the short term Accra Ghana/UK Investments has matured for immediate
payment to my nominated Proxy Beneficiary. Thus I am proposing to
present you as the nominated proxy beneficiary and my secret partner
to receive this initial USD40.5Million; with 30% offer for your role.

Please reply with your telephone number for further details and get back to vie this Email" hassanbelloegypt@gmail.com

Regards,

Hassan Bello (Financial Consultant, London UK).







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