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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: Fadi Hassan <mrs.fadihassan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2014 11:16:49 +0000
Subject: From fadi hassan

>From fadi hassan

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you.I am writting you this message with tears and sorrow and i know
this mail may come to you as a surprise, since we have not known or written
before. My name is Ms fadi hassan i am from Sierra Leone in west africa but
presently i am now in a country called ghana where my late father deposited
this fund .I am a orphan girl of 21 years old, I wish to invest in
manufacturing and real estate management in your base, this is because
Inherited an important sum from my late father who was poisoned to death
recently.

My father was a 16 years economic operator,director in his Company (Socie
ty) My father was a very good business man and also a politician here in my
country, he wa s poisoned to death by his business associates and also his
fellow politiciean on one of their business trips recently.Before his
sudden death, He called me on his bedside bed at the hospital in my country
Sierra Leone in west Africa and he told me that he has a sum of $10.5
Million USD deposited in one of the prime bank here in ghana In west Africa
, that he used my name for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.I am
going to give you 20% from the total sum of money once it arrive to your
account and 5% will be map aside for any expenses that may occur during the
transaction.

Awaiting your urgent reply
Regards

Ms fadi hassan

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