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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: "Wazari Musa" <wazari_musa@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: wazari@walla.com
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 21:23:01 +0800
Subject: ASSALAMUALAIKUM

ASSALAMUALAIKUM

My name is Mr. Wazari Musa from Iraq,
and my late wife (Dr)Mrs. Sarah Wazari Musa ,
she worked with shell petroluem company in Iraq for twelve years
before she died in the year 2003 after a brief illness.
We were married for eight years without a child. She
died after a brief illness that lasted for only four
days before she give up.since we married we were both
islamic couple members.Since his death I decided not
to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
.
When my late wife was alive she deposited the sum
of$12 Million (Twelve Million U.S. Dollars) with
International Deplomatic service company in malaysia
which is still under the safe keeping.
During the current war in my country all our property
were destroyed i dont have anything left execpt this fund
thats deposted with the Deplomatic service company in
malaysia,now am undergoing a seriouse sickness that
resulted to be stoke and cancer problem, I had tried
all my best to treat myself with every medical expert
but no improvement Currently my Doctor told me that I
would not last for the next three months due to my
cancer problems.


Though what disturbs me most is my
stroke . Having known my condition, I decided to
donate this fund to mosque,islamic school authority or
better muslim individual that will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct here . I want this fund
to be used on, orphanages and widows propagating and
to promote work of almighty Allah, the word of allah
and to ensure that the house of Allah is
maintained.The qoran made us to understand that
Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I dont have any child that will inherit this
money and my wife relatives are Christians and I
don,t want my wife hard earned money to be mis used
by unbelievers because i know she will be rejoicing in
the bossom of Allah if these fund spend to promote the
work of almighty Allah. I don want a situation where
this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence
the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not
afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know
that I am going to be in the bossom of the Allah. I
don,t need any telephone communication in this regard
because my health and the presence of my wife
relatives around me always. I don,t want them to know
about this development. With Allah all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply i will
instruct my attorney to furnish you
with more details on how to claim my fund.
I will also instruct him to issue you a letter of
authority that will empower you as the
original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the
Moslem to always pray for me because the Allah is my
shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a
worthy Moslem. Whoever that wants to serve Allah must
serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be
prayerful all through your life. And reply me through
my alternative e-mail address(wazari@walla.com) as delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for a another faith
member for this same purpose. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated here in.
As I am disabled and can not be able to move around
and do much due to am presently very ill, I will really
appreciate it for you to contact me through my Email
address as the internet is only mean of communicating.
Hoping to hear from you soonest.
Remain blessed in the name of the Allah.
Thanks,
Mr. Wazari Musa


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