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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: <hassanbello10@outlook.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 08:06:37 -0500
Subject: DUBAI INVESTOR NEEDED

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 Dubai 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 Dubai and you are expected to
play a prominent role in securing of crude oil buyers and a hotel in good
location in Dubai for investing his proceeds as a retired GMD
NNPC.
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.
 
Regards,
Yours faithfully,
Engr. Hassan Bello Sr.
CEO, GLOBAL CONSULT/
FINANCE MANAGEMENT LTD

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