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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: George Hall <rainer2neske@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: George Hall <" george2hall"@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 20:02:49 +0100 (BST)
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL,


INVESTMENT PROPOSAL,
 
GREETINGS,
My name is George Hall and I am a private attorney. I have a client
who is interested in investing some amount of money in your country.
My client is a very important and prominent person who had mandated me
to contact you for a very important business transaction. My client is by name
Mrs. Turai Yaradua and she is the wife of a late head of state in my country.
Her husband Late Musa Yaradua made a lot of money through Oil proceeds
during his tenure in office. In fact it was discovered after his death that he
was worth well over $4.5 billion in United State Dollars and some of this money
was retrieved after he died while some was recovered from officials that served
under him during his reign as president.
The truth of this case is that my client despite the problem she is
going through now, she still has a lot of money in her possession, which she
intends to invest outside our country.
What my client needs from you now is a reliable account where she
could transfer some money but mind you, all the money in her possession cannot
leave at once because she needs  to build
confidence and trust in someone who would not expose her plan to remit and
possibly invest in your company.
So she has agreed that I should make arrangements for the transfer of
$55million United States dollars and you are free to negotiate your mode of
compensation even as she intends to invest the money in your country.
Please, do not hesitate to indicate your view of this request by
contacting me immediately you receive this mail so that the necessary
arrangements can be made for the money to leave immediately. Due to the present
situation of my client, I would  also
like to notify you that there is no risk involved.
Awaiting your urgent reply through my private email box   -- george2hall@yahoo.co.uk
Thanks and Best regards,
MR George Hall

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