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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: "Yasmine" <yasmine55ahmed@myway.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 06:50:14 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: From Mrs Yasmine Ahmed




















My Dear VICTIM-FULLNAME I sincerely appreciated your openness to me, that alone points at the accuracy of my guess on your kind of person. All through, I have been praying to God to grant me His mercies and provide an open minded person for me as a partner in this mail this morning as I just retuned back to the general hospital where I have been taking a treat and be rest assured that this fund is 100% RISK FREE by the special grace of Allah I will keep on remaining transparency.This is to tell you, to open of your heart to receive this money. Where my problem keep on increasing every day by day (Cancer and fibroid) ,with the this development I only have a short time to spend and happiness is that I have lived a true devoted life as a Muslim with of emulation and i keep on saying whoever want to server God must serve him in truth and in fairness. As the Holy Quran emphasizes so much on benevolence and this has encouraged me to take this bold step. I took this decision because I
do not have any child who will inherit this money. And I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an Unholy manner. Hence the reasons for this bold decision. I know that after death I will be with God the most beneficent and the most merciful. I want you to assure me that you are going to donate this fund to either a Muslim or Christian organization or a devoted Muslim or Christian individual to utilize this money the way I am going to instructs herein. I want this Muslim or Christian organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund mosques or churches, orphanages, widows, and also for the propagation of the word of God. I am resting my trust and confidence with you, believing you will be sincere to me not to betray me when the fund is transferred into your account. I have all the documents covering these funds with me and furthermore I want you to know that my late husband deposited these funds not as money but as VALUABLES therefore the
Financial institution are not aware of the real content of the consignment except one of the special adviser to the managing director who was the only person that made these arrangement with my late husband. Right as it is, I want you to send me the below details . 1- I want you to send me a letter of guarantee, assuring me that once you retrieve these funds that you will not fail to use these funds to complete the ambition in which I have asked you to. These letter of guarantee must be signed and send to me by email attachment so that I can read. 2- I want you to send me a copy of your passport so that I can be sure of the person I am discussing with. 3- Telphone and Fax numberWaiting to hear from you. Best Regards,Mrs Yasmine Ahmed





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