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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: Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein <accouncommitt2827@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hamzahbinalhussein@aol.com
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2022 11:06:45 +0100
Subject: From Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein.

*Please, I decided to contact you directly for your guidelines and
assistance in making a business investment on establishing
telecommunication, Oil & Gas, real estate's business in your country or any
part of the World that this investment will take us to another Level. Here
is my news on this website*
*https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/04/middleeast/jordan-crown-prince-hamzah-security-intl-latam/index.html
<https://edition.cnn.com/2021/04/04/middleeast/jordan-crown-prince-hamzah-security-intl-latam/index.html>*

*https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56626370
<https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-56626370>*
* Kindly take out a moment of your very busy schedule to reply to my
private email for more details on this investment project, send me a list
of viable investments in your country for my consideration.*
*($560,000,000.00 Five Hundred and Sixty Million United States dollars)
will be transferred to enable you to invest the funds for my family and I,
since My wife lives in fear and is also afraid here in Jordan. You must
understand that I can't talk via phone due to the ongoing issues between me
and the present king AND I AM READY TO REWARD YOU WITH %30 OF THE
INVESTMENT.*
*I hope to conclude. This transaction within 10-14 working days do not
forget to contact me as soon as you read this proposal.*
*And please you have to maintain absolute confidentiality as regards this
pending transaction. You have to send me your full details as stated below
to enable me to send you a proxy agreement for signing and forward your
details to the payment bank for transfer. This transaction is 100% risk
free.*
*FULL NAME:.............................................*
*FULL ADDRESS:..........................................*
*SEX:...................................................*
*COUNTRY:...............................................*
*DATE OF BIRTH:.........................................*
*OCCUPATION:............................................*
*TELEPHONE OR MOBILE:...................................*
*Regards,*
*Prince Hamzah Bin Al Hussein.*

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