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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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Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Magaret Kazeem" <mhbk2006@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: magretkazim@o2.pl
Date: Sat, 03 Sep 2005 15:17:48 +0100
Subject: GOD BLESS YOU.

I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR AND NEVER YOU ENTERTAIN ANY
FEAR IN THIS TRANSACTION, FOR THIS IS REAL AND GENUINE. ALL I NEED IS
HONESTY AND YOUR CAPABILITY TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT ON MY FAMILY BEHALF.

Dear Beloved One,
Your first reaction to this mail will be total rejection, scare and may be
unbelief, owing largely to the trocities people commit these days on the
internet. But this mail comes from a devastated, sorrowful and emotional
ladened soul that needs compassion from a kind and good spirited person to
wipe away my tears, perhaps when I am gone beyond this sinful world by
investing jointly as partners in your country.
I am Mrs. Magret H.B. Kazeem . I am the above named person. I am married to
Dr.Idris Kazeem Barker who was formerly an assistant to the secretary
general of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries "OPEC". He has
worked with this organization for nine years before he died in the year
2002, as result of our only son brutal murder in Saudi Arabia by an unknown
gun men. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since
his death I decided never to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial
home which the my culture is against.

However, the most painful and annoying part of it is that my husband's
relatives has been on my neck. They said I was behind my husband death which
is never true.
They sent me packing and threw me out of my matrimonial home which I have
suffered for with my late husband for so many years. I have nowhere to go
to, so I decide to go back to my mother land to stay with my family to get
my self organised and carter for my children. Before husband died, He made
me to understand that he deposited the sum of $32 Million (Thirty two
Million U.S. Dollars) when he was still with the secretary of OPEC with a
finance house in Oversea.

Please Sir,I hereby request for your urgent ssistance to help my family in
investing the monies as a partnership investment with your company or any
investment that both of us will benefit from it. Presently, this money is
still under the safe keeping of the finance house in Oversea. I dont want my
husbands relatives to know about this development. Please tell me in
confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest this huge amount of money
successfully onbehalf of my family?Have you ever handle such amount of money
before? How old are you? Please advise most urgently. In a short while, My
Eldest Daughter who is studying in europe will meet with you in the finance
house office that is close to you for easy and quick transfer. She is
assisting me to facilitate this transaction and both of you will make
arrangements to have this funds transferred through a nominated joint
account which you will both open for the money transfer. You will need to
meet with her as soon as possible. With God all things are possible. As soon
as I receive your reply,I will issue you a letter of authority that will
empower you as the original- beneficiary of this fund with other related
documents. Also i will forward mine and your personal information to you and
to the Finance house in Oversea, so that they will contact you as the
beneficiary of this fund before going their with my daughter to claim the
fund /transfering the fund into your nominated BankAccount in your country.

Please reply through any of this mails below:
Email Office: 60013@mail.com
Email Office: magrethbkazim@hotmail.com
Email Personal: magretkazim@o2.pl
Email Personal: magrethbkazim25@uku.co.uk

Yours in Sincerely,
Mrs. Magret H.B. Kazeem.
Tell: +44-70-4012-2394.
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for the addressee only. Should this e-mail have beenreceived erroneously
please discard it.
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