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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: "Hamid" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hamidgad1@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 17:32:47 +0100
Subject: Assistance transfer of Money/

ASSISTANCE TO INVEST IN YOUR COMPANY / COUNTRY.
I am the son of Mr AL-HAZERI a retired general ,politician and state contractor In Libya , I got your contact through chambers of commerce and industry. My father died during the last political war in my country Libya by the armed opposition group of president Maman Gaddafi , the new government now imposes on me to submit the list of foreign access of my late father, who has filed a total of Euro 15,000,000 (fifteen million euro) in a security company knowing full well that the bank to bank transaction is not be possible these days due to current political problems in Libya, for this purpose I decided to choose the security company as the next Alternative security option to send this money out.
Am contacting you with the current political situation in Libya because I know that your country is good for investment and business in the world now. To this end I need your help to keep this money in your account including any other Confidential documents i will send to you for a good investment project.
Thank you in advance.
contact me via my email.
hamidgad1@yahoo.com
HAMID

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