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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Dr.Amina.Hazin Shaw, From England"<info@jsjcj.org>
Reply-To: <miss.aminahassan2006@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2014 22:37:25 +0530
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

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From: Dr.Amina Hasin shaw
Homebase, Aintree Race Course Retail Park
Topham Enland United Kingdom
Email;miss.aminahassan2006@yahoo.co.uk
(mobile: #+447014237290}
 
Good-day
my name is Dr.Amina.Hazin shaw,Private Auditor General CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND,here in United Kingdom.I discovered a Numbered account with a credit balance of £18,300,000 .00 British Pounds plus accumulated interest,which belongs to an French businessman Mr. Paul-Louis Halley.He was estimated to have a fortune of £2.2bn, putting him at 104th on the Forbes World's Richest People list in 2003. He died in a plane crash on the 6th day of December 2002 Until now, nobody knows about his bank account with CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND and my further investigation proved that the deceased immediate family also died in the tragedy.
Meanwhile i got your contact information through my desperate searching for a reliable foreign partner whom i can trust regarding to this deal
Please visit this wikipedia page below for more information about Mr. Paul Louis Halley:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul-Louis_Halley
With my position at the bank, I have all access, secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch But due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds, my position as a civil servant and as a staff of the bank does not permit me or my relatives to claim this funds.Therefore I contact you as a foreigner to arrange the transfer of this fund out of this account before our next auditing because If our bank management discover that this account has been latent for these long, it will be frozen and the money will be returned to the bank treasury, as unclaimed public funds. Therefore,I want you to stand as the "Foreign Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy that will be placed in your name legally, so that nobody will suspect your claims.
For your involvement in this deal, you are entitled to 40% of the total amount transferred to your bank account and I will count on your sense of secrecy in order to avoid risky exposure of this deal. Upon consideration of the offer, Kindly provide me with your full name, contact address and your direct telephone/fax number, to enable me re-profile the fund to your name as the heir beneficiary and guide your communication with the bank for onward release and transfer of the fund to your bank account. Feel free to call me for further discussions.
Considering the sensitivity nature and magnitude of this project,i ask your reply to my private Email:(miss.aminahassan2006@yahoo.co.uk)
Thanking you in anticipation for your prompt response.
 
Best Regards,
Dr.Amina Hasin shaw,
Private Auditor General
CENTRAL BANK OF ENGLAND
United Kingdom.
(#+447014237290)
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