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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: "Dr Hamza" <drkens2019@citromail.hu>
Reply-To: drhamza_333ng@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2021 19:48:55 +0300
Subject: Treat as Confidential

Attn: Sir,

Good day,

I humbly crave for your indulgence, I got your contact on internet and I feel comfortable to have your consent and start the business with you without third party, as a matter of urgency I concluded on the need to seek for a sincere foreign business partner to handle a huge business opportunity with him worth net of $350m the paying bank and the company that will l liquidate the asset is in USA and all the documents regarding to this transaction are subject to confirmation if you indicate your sincere interest it might also interest you to know that the value can equally be giving out as loan.
I started the business with an Arab man, he was a victim of covid 19 pandemic.

Unfortunately Sheik Hamid Kahram of Iran died, a one time member of Islamic consultative assembly died of covid 19 pandemic on the 19-March-2020.Since his demised i stop the business looking for a sincere partner. If you are interested to know the details, with due respect do not hesitate to reply me Asap.

Await your affirmative response.
Dr Hamza

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