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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: "nazek_68@terra.es" <nazek_68@terra.es>
Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:28:19 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU???



Greetings to you, with warm heart I offer myfriendship, and greetings, and I hope this email meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit it will be to you. After careful consideration with my children, we resolved to contact you for your most needed assistance in this manner. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy, if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of integrity.

I am Mrs. Nazek Audi Hariri, mother of five, my husband Mr. Rafik Baha al-din Hariri a very successful businessman and proficient politician in Lebanon. Though I was involved in some of my husband's business, which was very vast and successful. My beloved husband was among those killed in the massive explosion that rocked central Beirut's fashionable seafront district, on his way back from Lebanon parliament on 14th February.2005
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/14/beirut.hariri/index.html

When my husband died, I was contacted as next of kin by a private security firm in Europe to come forth to claim the consignment with the Certificate of Deposit and claim a safety deposit my husband has in their Vault in his name. I discovered a Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit with this private security firm, and other documents relating to the safety deposit in a book. The safety deposit, which is a trunk, is stocked with hard currency (US Dollars) totaling $35,000,000 (Million US Dollar),which was generated from cash payments from his business associates. Though I knew my late husband was politician and the money was reserved for election campaign.

Due to the present war going on in my country,its no more safe to invest or do any business in my country Lebanon.The death of my husband came to us as a shock, and we have decided to have this fund invested immediately in commercial and residential properties in abroad as well as profitable ventures, and we don't know what is going to happen, hence we sincerely propose to you to render us your most needed assistance in this regard. If you agree to render us your assistance, your role in this project will be to act on my behalf as a trustee to receive the safety deposit containing the funds from the Security firm.

We are offering you 5% of the funds. I thank you in advance as we anticipate your assistance in enabling us achieve this goal. On hearing from you, I will forward your contact to the the company , and also give you their contact for you to communicate with the vault company and proceed with the transaction.
Iam look forward to a long lasting business relationship with you. As you may understand, due to to the present war that has just ended through the ceasefire,it is not safe to communicate with me via phone or fax.Also the govt is monitoring me,a Please all your correspondence should be forwarded to me via email.
With warm regards,
Mrs.Nazek Audi Hariri.
You can reach me on this mail:nazek_ud68@excite.com or nazek_ud@o2.pl







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