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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: aminat rhaji <aminatrhaji3@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 18:16:32 +0200
Subject: Family Investment Proposal

I am Aminita Rhaji Haid , Now I will like to explain more to you in
details my position and why I initiated this contact

with you, with due respect, trust and humility, I write to you this
proposal. I am Miss Aminita Rhaji Haid the Duguter of

MrTariq Haid of Darfur Sudan. It is indeed my pleasure to contact you for
assistance of a business venture which I intend to

establish in your country.

I am looking for a reliable and capable foreign partner that will assist
me and my family to received fund in his / her

personal or private account for investment purpose Though I have not met
with you before, but considering the recent

political instabilities in my country, I believe one has to risk confiding
in success sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of money (US$1.5 Million.) ONE MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) which my late

Father deposited in a Security Company awaiting claim before he was
assassinated by unknown persons during this war in Darfur

Sudan.

Now I have decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe
for security and political reasons. I want you to

help me retrieve this money for onward transfer to any designated bank
account for investment purposes on these areas below:
1) Transport Industry
2) Mechanized agriculture.
3} Estate investment
I will then furnish you with more details and I have mutually agreed to
compensate you with 20% which is your share for

assisting me, Then the remaining 80% will be for me and my family, which
you will help us to invest in your country.

All I require is your honest & kind co-operation. I will give you further
details as soon as you show interest in helping me.

I wait for your kind consideration to my proposal.

Best Regards,
Miss Aminta Rhaji Hadi

aminat.rhaji@yahoo.com

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