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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: =?big5?q?Osaze=20Hassan?= <hassanpcp101@yahoo.com.tw>
Reply-To: osazennpc1@hutchcity.com
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:06:40 +0800 (CST)
Subject: MR OSAZE HASSAN.NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. FALAMO OFFICE COMPLEX,IKOYI, P.M.B. 12701,LAGOS-NIGERIA,PHONE - 234-806-3111116.FAX: 234-1-7597874.EMAIL: osazennpc1@hutchcity.com , PERMISSION TO REMIT US $21 MILLION INTO YOUR COMPANY OR PRIVATE ACCOUNT.It is my pleasure to write and inform you of a transaction involving the transfer of US $21,000,000.00 (twenty one million US dollars) only into a foreign account for safekeeping pending my arrival with my colleagues for the sharing with you


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