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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: "Abdul Raham" <abdulraham3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: abdulraham101@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 04:27:28 +0000
Subject: From: Abdul Raham,

From: Abdul Raham,

Sabaah Al-khayr.


I am Mr. Abdul Raham,i am 53years old. Am a citizen of Saudi Arabia, but i
am resident in Cayman island. I was born an orphan in 1952. I have no father
or mother, and i have no relatives. I struggled and Worked Hard and Almighty
Allah blessed me abundantly with riches. I used to be a dealer in gold,
diamonds and tantalite. i am not a Happy man. I have no wife and i have no
children. I did not get married due i was after money and things of the
world, for 2 years now i am seriously sick. I have been diagnosed with
Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in caring for my
health. It has defiled all forms of medicine, Right now I have only about a
few months to live, according to my Medical Doctor. I have not particularly
lived my life so well, as I never really cared for myself but the oil
business. Though I am very rich, I was
never generous, I only focused on my business as that was the only thing I
cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to
life than just wanting to have or make all
the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance and heal
me I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. I have
sowed a seed for my healing I have willed
and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended
family members and aswell as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to
give arms to charity Organizations and give succor and comfort to the less
privileged of the Tsunami Victims, as I
want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have
distributed money to Some charity organizations in India and Malaysia. Now
that my health has deteriorated so badly, I
Cannot do this my self anymore. I once asked members of my family to close
one of my accounts in Saudi Bank and distribute the money which I have there
to charity organization and to the less
Privileged in Bulgaria and Sudan Africa They cashed the money but kept it
only to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for Them already. The last of my money, which no one knows
of, is the huge cash deposit of twenty-two Million dollars $ 22 million that
I have in the Vault of The Century Finance company Holland for Safekeeping.
I want you to collect this deposit on my behalf and disburse it to the
Tsunami Earthquake Victims in Asia, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Rita,
Hurricane Wilma for the less Privileged. Please send me a mail to indicate
your wiliness to assist in this disbursement. I will set aside 10% for you
for your time and efforts. I need your urgent reply so that I will not have
to go on sourcing for a credible person to handle this project, please if
this is what you Know that you can handle kindly respond back to me with the
information below.

1 Your Full Name And Address.

2, Your Telephone Number And Fax

3,Your Age And Occupation

God bless you as you respond.

Sarah Nurse assisting

Mr. Abdul Raham
PLEASE KINDLY REPLY ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE BOX: abdulraham101@yahoo.fr


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