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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" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidhassan45@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 13:26:06 -0000
Subject: GOOD DAY

Good Day,
 
I am MASTER David Hassan, The only SON to the late Dr. Ibrahim Hassan of SUDAN who was a very wealthy Gold and Diamond dealer. Unknown gunmen assassinated my father after his return trip from Europe with my Mother. All the police efforts to track down the assassins of my late Father and mother has not been successful, hence I decided to flee to a neighboring country where I have been since as a refugee-seeking asylum in a refugee camp here in GHANA.
 
Please I will like you to assist me to retrieve and receive our consignment that contains $15million United States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot specify. The consignment is presently in LONDON. The consignments get to LONDON through the help of a diplomatic courier agent MR. PETER BAKER. The fact is that MR. PETER BAKER was supposed to have delivered the consignment to a man called Mr. Wayne Richardson in LONDON. Getting to LONDON the diplomat called Mr. Richardson to confirm his address but his wife answered the call and told MR. PETER BAKER that her husband hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours ago. Mr. Wayne Richardson has already paid the demur rages from the security company, he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for custom check report he also assisted us in getting the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE.
 
MR. PETER BAKER (the diplomat) has to deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in LONDON and called to inform me about what is happening, and told me to look for a new beneficiary to receive the consignment from him. So please I will like you to assist me to receive the consignment from the diplomat in LONDON as my new beneficiary and i will also like to inform you that the diplomat (MR. PETER BAKER) can deliver the consignment to any delivery destination of your choice that you want him to deliver to.
 
Please do get back to me with your full name and phone number, so that i can give you the contact information of the diplomat for you to contact him and tell him that you are my new beneficiary to receive the boxes from him.
 
Finally, we will discuss the percentage share for your help as soon as i hear from you.
 
GOD BLESS YOU
YOUR SON
David Hassan

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