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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: kufor9 <kufor9@tatanova.com>
Reply-To: kufor9 <kufor_45@uymail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 22:38:32 +0530
Subject: BUSINESS

Mrs. Agnes Fatima Isa Kiatha.

I am Mrs. Agnes Fatima Isa Kiatha, from Kuwait. I am married to
Usman Isa Kaitha of blessed
memory who worked with Kuwait embassy in Madrid Spain for nine
years before he died in the year
2002. We were married for eleven years without a child he died
after a brief illness that lasted
only four days. Before his death he was a very devoted Muslim and
I was a devoted Christian by
birth battling with both cancer and fibroid problems. When my
late husband was alive, he
deposited the sum of $25.5million dollars (twenty five million,
five hundred dollars), which he in
herited from his late father (sheikh Usman Isa Kaitha) with an
overseas finance and security firm.
Presently, this money is still with finance and security firm.
Recently, my doctor told me that I
had a terminating illness (cancer) that would last for the next
four months.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to either
a Christian organization or a
devoted Christian individual that will utilize this money the way
I am going to instruct here in.


I want this Christian organization or individual to use this
money in all sincerity to fund
churches, orphanages, widows and also propagating the word of God
and to ensure that the society
upholds the views and beliefs of the holy bible. The holy bible
emphasized so much on the giving
of alms, charity and this has encouraged me in taking this bold
step. I took this decision
because I don't have any child and my late husband's relatives
are all Muslims and I don't want
my husband&#8217;s hard earned money to be misused by people that call
me an unbeliever.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an
unholy manner hence the reasons for
taking this bold decision. I know that after death I will be with
God the highest and the most
merciful one. I don't need any telephone communications but will
only give you the contact of my
lawyer because he is the one who is going to assist you in making
you the beneficiary of the
consignment in the finance and security firm if you receive this
letter and accept to assist me
to conclude this transaction, if you want to speak with me he
will arrange for that because my
doctor warned me not to talk for too long a time and secondly, I
can't discuss in the presence of
my husbands relatives for they always stay with me in the
hospital, my lawyer is the only person
that knows the decision that I am taking.

With God, I know that all things are possible and as soon as I
receive your reply through my
lawyer I will now give him instruction to make you the
beneficiary of the consignment and all
necessary steps to take before receiving these funds and I shall
also give you the contact of the
finance and security firm I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the
original beneficiary of the funds. I want you and the Christian
community where you reside to
always pray for me.

My happiness is that I lived a life of a true devoted Christian
though married to a Muslim,
whoever that wants to serve God must serve him in truth and in
spirit, please always be prayerful
all through your life. Any delay in your reply will give me room
in souring for another Christian
organization or a devoted Christian for the same purpose.

Until I hear from you my dreams will rest squarely on your
shoulders, may the Almighty God
continue to guide and protect you. Amen.

Yours faithfully,

PLEASE REPLY THROUGH MY ATTORNEYS PRIVATE EMAIL:kufor_30@fsmail.net

Mrs. Agnes Fatima Isa Kiatha.


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