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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: "Mrs Sarah Abudullah wazari" <sarah.mrs14@voila.fr> (may be fake)
Reply-To: sarah.mrs@voila.fr
Date: Thu, 7 Jul 2005 11:25:36 +0800
Subject:

ASSALAMUALAIKUM

My name is Mrs Sarah Abudullah Wazari from Iraq.
I am married to Dr.Wazari Abudullah , who worked with
shell petroluem company in Iraq for twelve years
before he died in the year 2003 after a brief illness.
We were married for eight years without a child. He
died after a brief illness that lasted for only four
days before he give up.since we married we were both
islamic couple members.Since his death I decided not
to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home
.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum
of$12 Million (Twelve Million U.S. Dollars) with
International Deplomatic service company in malaysia
which is still under the safe keeping.
During the current war in my country all the property
and the asset of my husband were destroyed i dont have
anything left on behalf of my husband execpt this fund
thats deposted with the Deplomatic service company in
malaysia,now am undergoing a seriouse sickness that
resulted to be stoke and cancer problem,i had tried
all my best to treat myself with every medical expert
but no improvement Currently my Doctor told me that I
would not last for the next three months due to my
cancer problems.Though what disturbs me most is my
stroke . Having known my condition, I decided to
donate this fund to mosque,islamic school authority or
better muslim individual that will utilize this money
the way I am going to instruct here . I want this fund
to be used on, orphanages and widows propagating and
to promote work of almighty Allah, the word of allah
and to ensure that the house of Allah is
maintained.The qoran made us to understand that
Blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I dont have any child that will inherit this
money and my husband relatives are Christians and I
don,t want my husband hard earned money to be mis used
by unbelievers because i know he will be rejoicing in
the bossom of Allah if these fund spend to promote the
work of almighty allah. I don want a situation where
this money will be used in an ungodly manner. Hence
the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not
afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know
that I am going to be in the bossom of the Allah. I
don,t need any telephone communication in this regard
because my health and the presence of my husband
relatives around me always. I don,t want them to know
about this development. With Allah all things are
possible. As soon as I receive your reply i will
instruct my attorney who is in malaysia to furnish you
with more details on how to claim my fund.
I will also instruct him to issue you a letter of
authority that will empower you as the
original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the
muslem to always pray for me because the Allah is my
shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a
worthy muslem. Whoever that wants to serve Allah must
serve him in spirit and truth. Please always be
prayerful all through your life. And reply me through
my alternative e-mail address as delay in your reply
will give me room in sourcing for a another faith
member for this same purpose. Please assure me that
you will act accordingly as I stated here in.
As i am disabled and can not be able to move around
and do much due to am presently very ill,i will really
apreciate it for you to contact me through my Email
adress.( sarah.mrs@voila.fr ) as the
internet is only mean of communicating.Or through the
help of nurse here who is so kind to assist me in
wheel chair and takeing care of me in my sick
bed.(jeweltaylor1959@yahoo.com)
Hoping to hear from you soonest.
Remain blessed in the name of the Allah.
Thanks,
Mrs Sarah Abudullah wazari



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