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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: "Mr. Abdul Raham" <mrabdulraham2@msn.com>
Reply-To: rahamaabdul31@yahoo.fr
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:50:41 +0000
Subject: Abdul Raham,

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 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 an assets to my immediate orpans childrens
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 a close friend of mine 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 he
cashed the money but kept it only to himselves. Hence, I do not trust him
anymore, as he seem not to be contended with what I have left for him
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 Amsterdam 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:

rahamaabdul32@yahoo.fr


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