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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: Umoru Hassan <umoruhassan984@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2022 17:00:51 +0100
Subject: Hello

Dear Sir,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal
believing it will receive the most desired attention from you even as
we have not had any previous correspondence, Although, I am
constrained by insufficient information about you, but I will express
in full the main objectives of this proposal. I am Umoru Hassan
Personal aid and in-law to former Liberian president Mr. Charles
Taylor who is presently serving a 50years jail term in UK prison.

Myself still in asylum because of political oppression of false
allegation leveled against me because of my close relation with former
president Mr. Charles Taylor during his regime by politicians in my
country Liberia. My Lawyer is doing the work to prove them wrong.

I want to go brief neutral on the wake of hostilities then in Liberia
and the break out of civil war between the rebels and the allied
forces, the Liberian government being under an arms embargo by the U.N
then could not import arms officially, so Mr. Taylor resolved to
illegal arms deal from the West African Region, which was transacted
by cash monies, within this period, he succeeded in depositing a total
sum of USD$115M only, in cash money derived from the arms dealings
which was deposited in the custody of Security Company the trust
company from where the arms deal was financed.

we intends to execute a deed of conveyance of this deposit to a
capable and trust worthy firm or individual who will immediately
effect a change of beneficiary on the deposit release it from the
custody of Security Company by way of terminating the deposit contract
to avoid any trace and repatriation of the deposit by the new
government in Liberia.

Terms of the transaction shall be discussed and agreement entered into
when you indicate your ability to handle and manage funds of this
magnitude under a strict confidential understanding..

Please treat as most confidential due to the sensitive information
given in here strictly to you.

Yours sincerely
Umoru Hassan
Personal Aide to the former Liberian President

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