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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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Fraud email example:

From: Dr Mrs Zinab Al Hassan <dr_zinab@sify.com>
Reply-To: dr_zinab@luxmail.com
Date: Fri, 05 May 2006 15:25:36 +0400
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL DEAL !!!


Greetings !!!
I do hope this letter will not come to you as a
surprise; it was borne Out of my sincere desire to
share a mutual business relationship with you, I work
as an administrative secretary to Diplomatic Union Of
West Africa States Ltd'' . I got the Information
concerning you from chamber of commerce profile.
I decided to contact you believing that by the Grace
of Allah you will accept to be my partner in this
deal.
I have been working with this Company for years now.
Within this period, I have watched with meticulous
precision how African Heads of States and Government
officials across the world have been using''
Diplomatic Union Of West Africa State Ltd'' to move
huge sums of money USD, Pounds Sterling, French
Francs- (Cash ) to their foreign partners.

They brought in these consignments of money cash and
secretly declare the Contents as precious stones,
family treasure, African Arts work/Antiquities
etc.General Sanni Abacha of Nigeria (Dead) Mobutu
Sese-Seko of Zaire (Dead) Foday Sankoy of Sierra Leone
etc. All these people have hundreds of consignments
deposited with Diplomatic Union Of West Africa State
Ltd .Their foreign partners, friends and relatives,
are claiming most of these consignment.
A lot of them are lying here unclaimed for as much as fifteen years
now Nobody may ever come for them because in most
cases, the documents of deposits are never available
to anybody except the depositors most of them dead.
Sometime last year (2005) Diplomatic Union Of West
Africa State Ltd changed the procedure of claims of
consignments; it will be released to you upon demand.
From our records, more than 80 consignments are
unclaimed right now. This is why I am, soliciting for
your cooperation and assistance. I will finalized
every arrangement if you will be able to come and
claim consignment No.1200 containing $6.5Million USD or
consignment No.1201 containing $5 Million USD.
My Duty is to change all the documents information to
your name to enable you act as the depositor. You will
Deal directly with the management. The procedure is
simple; you will apply officially to the director of
operations of Diplomatic Union of West Africa States
for the release of Consignment No 1200 and 1201. They
will demand some documents and secret codes which I
will give to you before hand to fax to them.
As soon as they confirm it to be correct. They will
direct you to the country where you will collect the
consignment. But, if you do not want to travel too far
you can arrange with them to transfer the consignment
to any where on agreement.
Nobody will ever know I am involved in the deal except
my representative who will be with you at the point of
collecting the money. I suggest upon conclusion we
share 50-50 each way. At the successful conclusion of
this deal, I will retire from this company and live a
better life out this country with my family. I assure
you that the business have been hatched for years now,
it is very secure and 100% risk free.
For further explanations and directives on the
procedures reach me immediately as you can equally
contact me through this my private e-mail..
Thanks,
Dr Mrs Zinab Al Hassan

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