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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: "nawalkareem@cantv.net" <nawalkareem@cantv.net>
Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 15:28:57 -0430
Subject: Assalam alaikum and may the peace of gracious Allah be with you

From Nawal Kareem
Dearest One.
Assalam alaikum and may the peace of gracious Allah be with you,By this e-mail I do sincerely apologise for my intarupsion of your privacy. However, My name is Mrs Nawal Karim I'm 38 years old suffering from a long time cancer of the breast From all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that  according to my doctors advise that I may not live longer, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage,I believe you might be of a help and for this reason I am contacting you,
 
Let this not sound strange to you.I was brought up from an Islamic motherless babies home and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child.Who worked with SHELL OIL COMPANY for thirty years before he died in Air France Concorde flight 4590 crash On 25th of July 2000 with other passengers aboard.We were true muslims and my husband was the only muslim in his family and the family did not welcome him with his islamic religion,Since his death I decided not to re-marry, before my husband's death he deposited the sum of $5.6Million (Five Million and six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a bank. Presently this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf  since I can not come over because of my illness,I will like you to stand for me or they will get it confiscated.

My leta husband family have cleam all his properties such as house and land properties,Becouse they know that i have no child and also sick,And they have no knowledge about this fund,Whoever that wants to serve Allah must serve him in Truth and spirit because Allah is the Most High,So Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the breast. my doctors have told me that I have only a few time to live and It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any islamic organization and distributed it each year among the charity organization,To the poor and needy the motherless baby’s home. I want you as Allah fearing person to also use this money to build mosque,and muslim orphanages and widows, I took this decision before I rest in peace because my time will soon be up, As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank and I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of the funds.Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated.
Please, Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
Thank you so much,
Allah Hafis
Nawal Kareem

 

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