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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: "Engr. Hassan Bello Sr." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <engr.hassan_b@yahoo.es>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 18:23:30 +0200
Subject: GLOBAL CONSULT & FINANCE MANAGEMENT LTD

GLOBAL CONSULT & FINANCE MANAGEMENT LTD
HEAD OFFICE: 43/45 OSBORNE AVENUE
VICTORIA GARDEN CITY
(VGC) LAGOS-NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
I am sorry for contacting through this medium, I got your contact from a reliable source that you are a reliable, trusted person.
My firm is a medium scale company with area of interest in finance consulting and Business management, hence we have then been contracted by a retired Group Managing Director (GMD) Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), to source for a reliable and strong foreign investor who will assist him in crude investment and also help to secure a huge sums of money into personal/offshore account.
The money in question was a personally secured while he was serving as the Group Managing Director of NNPC, and it is presently lodged in the vault of as a Bank, as unclaimed bills.
Our client is interested to invest the sum of $40.5Million USD into crude exportation and Hotel Management in your Country and you are expected to play a prominent role in securing of crude oil buyers and a hotel in good location in your capital city for investing his proceeds as a retired GMD NNPC.
Please in your response, and if you are interested to participate in this transaction please do include a comprehensive report about crude oil buyers and visibility information about Hotel management in your capital city of your Country and other useful information as it affects business generally.
Be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk free and will be handled legally, on hearing from you we shall give you full details   about the project including a handsome reward for your participation. Note, you're advised to handle this transaction with utmost confidentiality considering the personality of our client.
Please note, all corresponded should be directed to the company's email: my private email engr.hassan_b@yahoo.es  only.
Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Engr. Hassan Bello Sr.
CEO, GLOBAL CONSULT/
FINANCE MANAGEMENT LTD
 

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