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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: "Hassan Aziz" <hassan_z45@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: hassan_za44@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:35:38 +0000
Subject: Please I Need Your Assistance

My Dear,
Good day hope fine,dear am writting this mail with due respect and heartful of tears since we have not known or met ourselves previously I am asking for your assistance,i will be very glad if you can render me assistance to my situation now.
I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity to introduce my self to you. I am Mr. Hassan Aziz, A 20 years old young man from Cote' Ivoire, the only Son of Late ALH.Mahmood Abdallah Aziz, my father is sousesfly farmer and busniess man in my society. My father all so deals in COCO and he have a very big farm of COCO.
My father, mother and two of my sister die in motor accident when taking them to school and i was lift with my younger Sister The main reason why I am contacting you now is to seek for your assitance in the area of future investment and also my father lift some huge amount of money for us, which i will you to help and invested in country.
This money is Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars which was deposited some years ago by my late father, he made me the sole beneficiary/next of kin to the money. I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim for the finance company, I am a young boy and too young in age i can't handle this can of transaction, i want you to stand as my foreign partner oversea and also to help me investment the money. I will give you details about the deposit as you respond to my request. I have all original copies of the documents concerning this money with me here, So please am expecting to hear from you soon.
Yours Truly,
Hassan.



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