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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:
- An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
- This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hahashima21@hotmail.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
Fraud email example:
From: "Hashim al-Adly" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hahashima21@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 02:02:45 +0100
Subject: [---SPAM---] please i need your help
I am Hashim al-Adly brother and business partner to Habib al-Adly who was the former Interior minister of Egypt under President Hosni Mubabrak.The ousted president Mubarak was worth over $70 billion USD in various foreign account all over the world, my brother and another detained steel tycoon Ahmed Ezz held various account, properties and business for the ex-president in different countries in the world and with the Detention of my brother.I need your help/assistance to transfer the funds to a more secure account in your name as there are presently held in the name of an Alias company name under the authority of an attorney in London who does not know the genuine benefactors and would facilitate the funds transfer as he has a Pedigree for being genuine and honest on his dealings.
Read this mail carefully and respond immediately find below my contact email address. hahashima21@hotmail.co.uk
IN SHA ALLAH
Hashim al-Adly
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