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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: "rene vela staines" <barristerene@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 01:34:11 +0700
Subject: urgent attention needed

ENDLESS HORIZON
It is with immense grief that i have to convey the sad news of the sad demise of my dear client Shujaat Suhrawardy (Fury-7), who died in Karachi after prolong illness, on Thursday 26 December, 2002. May Allah rest his soul in peace and give us courage to bear this irreparable loss. Ameen!
Here is his profile as given to me by him before his demise
My no is 7 and I was in fury house. After leaving school in 57 I did Inter science from Karachi and Medicine from Dow Medical College in 1964, a year before M. Arif (46A). Being the first doctor from the school, I immediately proceed to UK and did higher qualification in anaesthesia. I was in Pakistan during the 71 period and was called up by the Army where I served as classified specialist. I have been UAE medical corp. at Sheik Zayed Military hospital, where I had the honour to anaesthetise the President Sh. Zayed for fracture of clavicle. I left UAE after 14 years due to bypass surgery. I have been in Saudi Arabia for last 4 years, working as a Consultant Anaenesthetist at a Naval base Hospital. I lost my wife two years back due to Ca of the ovary. I have only a daughters. she is a doctor and died young when she was 27 . this is in brief about me. I hope to retire next year and do some social work in Karachi. All offers are welcome.presently am losing my health

once i die i will give my personal advocate Barrister Rene Vela Staines (a mexican) from northern America the right of jurisdiction to will the deposit i have with the FALCON FREIGHT AND SECURITY THAILAND. where i have a deposit of usd$18.5million(eighteen million five hundered thousand united states dollars) to anyone he pleases, i have no need for this money and no heir apparent to stand in as my next-of-kin.i would love to share a befitting burial and be buried in a golden casket.pray for my soul when i died so that ALLAH will accept me in his kingdom. Allah Hafiz
Shujaat Hussain
it is in this regard that i Barrister Rene Vela Staines wishes to contact you as regards this so that you can stand in as the new next-of -kin and share this deposit.
do contact me immediately on barristerene@yahoo.com <mailto:barristerene@yahoo.com> phone number +669 6
Barrister Rene Vela Staines


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