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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: "HAMID IBRAHIM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <209scott@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2011 10:39:28 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION PLEASE

Attention Please:

ON 11th of February 2011, the Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was
removed from the sit of the presidency. This is due to
accumulated issue mal-administration and long term service during
his tenure in the office. Apart from that, I was opportuned to work
close to his office as personal assistant to his financial dealings overseas.
Base on the resent condition of his office and the demand
from the committee set to look into his activities., They have
suggested that his bank accounts IN overseas Should be frozen, Britain,
France and Dubai. You may click here to read more on this:
http://www.suite101.com/content/bring-back-egypts-stolen-billions---avaaz-tells-world-leaders-a348149

In other words, I am directed to contact you and release the information
of a deposited sum of 41,500,000.00 (forty one million five hundred thouand euros)
which is been deposited in the bank in one of the Europe countries which
nobody known about. Please your interest to help in this situation is
highly needed. You will be given 40% of the total sum immediately the fund
is been re-transferred into your account or your company account.
The details of the bank will be communicated to you immediately
you respond back to me. Please try as much as possible to keep this
secretive, and never allow anybody to know about this. Your response
will go a long way in helping us out. Submit to us the following information please:

FULL NAME,
ADDRESS,
TELEPHONE . ( MOBILE LINE)
COUNTRY,
DATE OF BIRTH
OCCUPATION AND ORGANISATION
COMPANY NAME:
PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS


I wait for your reply
Thanks

HAMID IBRAHIM
Please reply back to me with this email address:
unorelease@blumail.org

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