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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: RASHA HASSAN <hassanrasha155@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 10:09:42 -0700
Subject: YOU INVOLVEMENT IS HIGHLY NEEDED TO ACTUALIZE THIS DREAM

Good day Dear,

I know that my email will come to you as a surprise but, I got your contact
from the house of commerce here in Benin Republic during my search for a
honest person and I deemed it necessary to contact you.Ever since my
parents died,I have been with my Grand mum who just died on the 14th day of
February and we have been managing to feed.Last year December 24th night,it
was revealed to me by my Grand mother when I cried so heavily that some
assets were deposited for me in the Vaults company and the order given by
my late father before his death was that on no account will the Fund and
Gold be released to me without a Trust worthy Foreign Beneficiary to assist
me secure the fund box abroad because he, according to His Lawyer,does not
want me to Invest here in my country because it was recorded by the company
where he worked before he died that there were some FUND and GOLD in his
custody before he died but when he noticed he was not going to survive the
sickness,he decided to WILL those assets to me as their only successor.

Daddy,I am a young and tender girl that will be 25 years by 9th
December,2014 and I have gone through your profile and know that you are
capable of helping me as a reputable man and when I read about you,I said
to myself,this man agrees to take me as her daughter,I will be very
happy.sir,I have not been able to take any action on this not until I saw
your contact and was pleased to contact you.I know that the internet has
been grossly abused by scam artists and miscreants whose intentions are to
hurt people.But,In as much as one should be careful,the same time we should
not allow the negative to kill the positive potentials in a realistic
business.

I have chosen to reach you because I feel that business is taking risk
going from the known to the unknown.Now,I want you to stand as my Legal
Beneficiary of the assets only if you promise not to betray me during the
transfer of the fund to you.I look forward to reading from from you soon as
I am here to provide all the necessary documents required for the transfer.
Alternative Email:rasha.vine855@gmail.com

Regards,
Miss Rasha Hassan Mohamed

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