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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: "hazim hussan" <hazim_hussa01@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2006 10:18:42 +0000
Subject: Re: very urgent

Dear Elena,

please i have recieved your mesage, but i am not confortable with what you
said.you have the bank questionnaire with you already, and it has a time
frame when it should be returned back to the management, confirming your
genuity in the claim, and you said you have to reconsider, why then did you
contact the bank when you know you are not yet ready to proceed.i have told
you times with out number thate evry thing is ok, and you would not listen,
write out those informations in the questionnaire and send to me to advise
you with its information, or then tell me you are not ready, so that i
urgently negotiate for a foreign partner who will take your place.

i wish to have your response urgently.

Regards

Brother Hazim Husan.

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