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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: "Mr. Azizi Ageson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <azizi.ageson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2013 12:54:44 +0200
Subject: Let Partner This Business!!!

Dear Friend,

After going through your profile, I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important transaction. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because is still remains the fastest medium of communication. Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. My name is Azizi Ageson, I work with a finance house here in the Netherlands. During my company's last meeting and examination of the bank accounts within our company, my department found a dormant account with an enormous sum of US$ 38,300,000.00 (Thirty Eight Million, Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which was deposited by a late Mr. Harrison Davis from England. From our investigation he had no next of kin to claim these funds. According to the Netherlands banking regulation only a foreigner can stand as next of kin. Considering the fact that the depositor was a non-Dutch.

I need your permission to stand as a relative of our deceased customer, so that the funds can be released and transferred to your bank account immediately. At the end of the transaction 30% will be for you and 70% will be for me and my colleagues. I still work at the financial house and that's the reason I need a second party to work with. I have in my possession all the necessary documents to have this transaction carried out successfully.

Further information will be provided upon the receipt of your prompt response and I want you to know that the transaction is 100% risk free but all I need is your trust and honesty.

If you are interested in this, please kindly reply me on my private email address below so that I can give you more details and explain the procedures of the proposal to you.

Regards,
Azizi Ageson.
Email: azizi.ageson@gmail.com

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