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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: amina hassan <aminahassan1@aol.co.uk>
Reply-To: amina hassan <missalsabaaminahhassan@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2014 16:08:51 +0900 (JST)
Subject: greetings to you


greetings to you,

i write to tell you of a matter that required
an urgent attention with regards to your reposed personality as a
reliable, trustworthy and god fearing person. in brief introduction, i
am the only daugther of late mr mohadmma hassan from sierra-leone.i and
my junior brother ahmed are presently staying in abidjan cote d'ivoire
as a refugees.

my parents  was one of the ministers of johnny
paul koromah's regime in sierra-leone.during the intervention of the
ecomog soldiers to restore the presidency of alhji tejan kabbah from
johnny koromah, my father was among the 23 executed ministers. but
before the death of my father there was a deposit of usd$12.5 million
made by my late father in one of the finacial private security bank in
cote d'ivoire , but our condition and possibilities makes it very
difficult for me
and my brother ahmed to approach any person for recommendation.

ever
since then we have been receiving help from our camp because we are
staying in refuges camp. i hope you will be touched to understand our
request. we will like you to help us get this money transfer to your
account and provide or look for a lucrative venture where this money can
be invested in your country together with you. we have agreed to invest
our money viable in any overseas country through your assistance and
directives.

before proceeding we will get to be more familiar and
also go into an understanding working agreement because my family's
future non depend on this very money,  i  have agreed to give you 20% of
the total sum of usd$12.5 million for your assistance to us while the
rest will be use to run the investment together with you..

we
sincerely wish to introduce and make you our business partner and
advisory consultant of our proposed
investment in your country. so if you can be able to assist me please
do urgently reply me so that i will link you for further details, and
don't forget to give me your private telephone numbers while replying
this letter.

thanks and best regards

yours sincerely,
miss alsaba and ahmed hassan

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