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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. Hassan Rasheed.M" <mrezenwa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahmedhassanrasheeed@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 18:40:25 +0700
Subject: Hello dear,

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My Dear,

I know this will come to you as a surprise but never mind; I got your
Contact in my search for a reputable and trust worthy person/Company,
Who can stand confidently with me in this successful business
arrangement. Before I proceed, I will like to introduce my humble self
to you,I am Hassan Rasheed Ahmed, From Thailand. it is my pleasure to
send you this proposal to share this brief with you and also to seek
your assistance in the receiving of our consignment funds and gold
that was deposited by my father before he was late, so please note
that this consignment funds contains an amount of (US$17,000.000.00)
million united state dollars and gold 100 kilograms,

so please i want you to stand as my foreign beneficiary and received
the consignment maybe through diplomatic means or bank to bank
transfer, so please try and get back to me so that i can give you more
details of my self and the consignment funds. So please try and get
back to me for more information will be giving to you and to know the
best way to received the funds consignment funds (US$17,000.000.00)
million united dollars including gold 100 kilograms of gold is involve
all together.

Please more information will be giving to you as soon as i heard from you.

Thanks and God bless.

Hopping to hear from you soonest.

Best Regard.

Hassan Rasheed Ahmed. ahmedhassanrasheeed@gmail.com

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