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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: "Almira Bolkiah" <mrsalmirab@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsalmirab@myway.com
Date: Mon, 07 May 2007 14:18:05 +0000
Subject: Please, I will like you to respond with all sincererity.


Please Read Very Carefully

It is with tears that I am writing this message to you from a hospital bed
far away from my home where I have no mother, father, sister , brother or
any relative, in the mist of strangers with a diffrent language that I don't
understand, imaging how painful it is being a cancer patient, Firstly let me
introduce myself to you, I am Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah, a widow to
Late Sheik Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam.

I am 38years old and I have a son of 11 years of age who is at the moment
outside Brunei Darussallam and I am suffering from cancer of the lungs which
I will soon undergo the operation, I want to also let you know that I am
writing you this mail from a private hospital here where I am taking my
part-time treatments, what will you do if your doctor come up and tell you
that you have only few weeks to live?you can imagine the kind of pains I am
going through .

My husband is the first Son to the last wife of King Haji Omar Ali
Saifuddien Sadul Khairi Waddien, the former Prime minister of Brunei
Darussalam, the tiny oil-rich country on the Island in South-Eastern Asia,
let me save your time by not amplifying my extended royal family history
which has already been disseminated by the international media during the
controversial dispute that erupted between my Husband and his step-brother,
the sultan of Brunei H.M. Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah who is the present
King/prime minister of Brunei.

Since I have lost my husband by assasination and I have my only child to
keep me happy, I decided to leave my country Brunei to a foreign country
where my husband has deposited the sum of (US$21 Million Dollars) in a
reputable bank.The reason why I am contacting you is to know if you can
arrange for a better hospital over there so that I can come there for a
better surgery and also to know if you can take care of my son when I will
be undergoing this surgery, I have decided to give you this sum of (US$
21Million) that I inherited from my late husband so that you can invest it
in a very lucrative business in your country, we never can tell what will
happen during the surgery, so that in case if anything happen to me during
this operation, my son will have someone to take care of him and a business/
funds to inherit for a good future or if this surgery go well, I will have a
business that I can use to take care of my only son.I am writing this
message to you from a hospital Bed, I am not sure that I will survive this
operation but even if I have to die, first I want to secure a future for my
only son.

ALL I WANT FROM YOU IS TO TAKE THE MONEY WITH MY SON AND INVEST IT SO THAT
YOU CAN TAKE CARE OF MY SON IF I DID NOT SURVIVE THIS SUGGERY. please get
back to me very fast so that I can tell you what to do because my days now
is being numberred.

May the peace of God be with you " Amen"

Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassanal Bolkiah

Please, I will like you to respond with all sincererity.

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