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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: "ALLI WAHEED" <alliwaheed1@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: alliwaheed2005@sify.com
Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 07:40:21 +0000
Subject: CHARITY.

Dear beloved,
My name is Alli Waheed, A Bahrain national,I
have been diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer .It has
defiled all
forms of medical treatment, and right now I have
only about a few
months to live, according to medical experts. I have
not particularly lived
my
life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not
even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never
generous, I was always
hostile to people and only focused on my business as
that was the only
thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I
now know that there
ismore to life than just wanting to have or make all
the money in the
world. I believe when God gives me a second chance
to come to this
world I wouldlive my life a different way from how I
have lived it.
Now that God has called me, I have willed and given
most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a
few close friends .I want God to be merciful to me
and accept my soul
so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want
this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.
So far, I have
Distributed money to some charity organizations in
the U.A.E, Somalia
and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly, I cannot do
this myself anymore. I once asked members of my
family to close one of my
accounts
and distribute the money which I have there to
charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the
money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as
they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them. The last
of my money which no
one knows of is the huge cash deposit of Twenty
Eight Million
dollars($28,000,000,00) that I have with a finance
House
abroad. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit and despatch it
to charity organizations.

N/B:KINDLY NOTE THAT 20% of this funds must go to
the tsunami
victims and another 10% for your effort and time.



Regards.
Alli Waheed

PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY ME VIA MY EMAIL
ADDRESS FOR CONFIDENTIALITY
PURPOSE: alliwaheed2005@sify.com


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