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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: aminahamed@myuhuru.com
Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 11:31:07 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Dear Beloved Friend, plaese save me i need your help am
in denger



Dear Beloved Friend ,

 My Name is Miss Amina= Hamed from Libya,I am 21 years old,I am in St.Christopher's Parish for refu= gee in Benin republic under
United Nations High commission for Refugee ,=
I lost my parents in the. recent war in
Libya, right now am in Repu= blic of Benin, please save my life i am in
danger need your help in tran= sferring my inheritance my parent left
behind for me in a BANK in Benin = here ,i have every document for the
transfer, all i need is a foreigner = who will stand as the foreign
partner to my father and beneficiary of th= e fund.

The money deposited in the BANK is 18.2MILLION DOLLARS, I = just need
this fund to be transfer to your account so that i will come o= ver to
your country and complete my education as you know that my countr= y
have been in deep crisis due to the war .and I cannot go back there again because I have nobody again all of my family were killed in the
= war. If you are interested to save me and help me receive my
inheritance=
fund Please get back to me on this email address below for more details=
about me and the inheritance fund.

My Personal email / missam= inahamed21@yeah.net
My regards to you
Miss Amina Hame

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