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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 janan Harb" <mrs_janan@msn.com>
Reply-To: mrs_jharb770@pochta.ru
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2005 02:57:39 +0000
Subject: Your Letter From Mrs.Janan Harb...

I AM CONTACTING YOU WITH ALL DUE RESPECT SIR AND NEVER YOU ENTERTAIN
ANY FEAR IN THIS TRANSACTION,FOR THIS IS REAL AND GENUINE. ALL I NEED IS
HONESTY AND
YOUR APABILITY TO HANDLE THIS PROJECT ON MY
FAMILY BEHALF.

Please kindly take a look at these web pages:


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/06/14/nfahd14.xml&s......
http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/0506/050615-fahd-divorce.html

Dear Beloved One,

Your first reaction to this mail will be total rejection, scare and may
be Unbelief, owing largely to the atrocities people commit these days on
the Internet. But this mail comes from a devastated, sorrowful and
emotional Laddered soul that needs compassion from a kind and good spirited
person to Wipe away my tears, perhaps when I am gone beyond this sinful
world by
Investing jointly as partners in your country.

I am Mrs.Janan Harb I am the above named person. I was once married to
King Fahd Bin Abdul Aziz The King of the Kingdom Of new Kingdom of Saudi
Arabia and the 11th son of the founder of the Saudi kingdom, king Ibn Saud.
Who has been on throne since 1982 till after his death On the morning of 1st
August,2005. Though he has been of and on the hospital since after his
stroke
in the year 1995 and was hospitalized twice in MAY 1999.Before The
divorce, He made me to understand that he deposited the sum of (Twenty Seven
Million British Pounds ) with a finance house in Oversea.

Please Sir, I Hereby request for your urgent assistance to help me in
this regards, investing the Fund as a partnership investment with your
company or any investment that Both of us will benefit from it.Presently,
this
money is still under the safe keeping of the finance House In Oversea. I
don?t
want any of husbands relatives to know about this Development nor the
Government of Saudi Arabia.

Please tell me in confidence, can you handle it? Can you invest? This
huge amount of money successfully on behalf of my two daughters and me? Have
you ever handle such amount of money before? How old are you? Please advise
most Urgently.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply, I
will Furnish you with the information of my personal attorney who i have
entrusted every details regarding this transaction and he will also
issue you a power of attorney on this regards, making you the
Original-beneficiary of this fund with other related documents.

Please reply through my personal email-mrs_jharb770@pochta.ru

Yours in Sincerely,

Mrs. Janan Harb.


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