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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Kalim Durak" <k_durak4@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2006 01:24:47 +0000
Subject: A CRY FOR HELP

ASSALAMU ALYKUM MY DEAR FRIEND,
SABAAH AL-KHAYR.

I AM KALIM DURAK.I AM 67YEARS OLD. I AM A CITIZEN OF SAUDI ARABIA BUT
HOSPITALISED IN
CAYMAN ISLAND NOW.

I AM PRESENTLY IN HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM LUNG CANCER.I HAD PARTIAL
STROKE
WHICH HAS AFFECTED MY SPEECH AND HALF OF MY BODY IS PARALYSED. I CAN NO
LONGER TALK AND I AM ALSO DEAF.I SEND YOU THIS EMAIL WITH THE HELP OF
MY
PRIVATE NURSE WHO IS ASSISTING ME.MY DAYS HERE ON EARTH IS NUMBERED AS
MY
HEALTH HAS DETERIORATED.

I HAVE GIVEN THE MANAGEMENT US$15MILLION TO UPGRADE AND BUILD A NEW
CANCER
RESEARCH
FACILITY.I DONT KNOW YOU, BUT DUE TO MY CONDITION I AM CONTACTING YOU
WITH
THE HOPE
THAT YOU WILL CARRY OUT MY WISH FOR THE SAKE OF HUMANITY.

I HAVE TWO BOXES DEPOSITED WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE. ONE
CONTAINS
GOLD AND
PRESIOUS STONES WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO ABOUT 17.5MILLION DOLLARS.THE
OTHER
IS STASHED WITH US$15MILLION CASH. I WANT YOU TO SELL THE GOLD AND USE
IT TO
BUILD AN ORPHANAGE IN YOUR COUNTRY AND HELP SOME OTHER ORGANISATIONS I
WILL
BE SENDING TO YOU.I WILL SEND YOU A LIST OF SOME OTHER NGO'S YOU WILL
BE
DISTRIBUTING THE FUNDS AMONGST. I WILL GIVE YOU 15% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS
AND
PRECIOUS STONES FOR YOUR GOOD DEEDS.

THE ORPHANAGE IN YOUR COUNTRY MUST BE NAMED "KALIM DURAK ORPHANAGE
HOME".

IF YOU ARE READY TO DO THIS AND CARRY OUT MY WISH, THEN SEND TO MY
EMAIL:
K_DURAK2@YAHOO.COM.HK THE INFORMATIONS BELLOW

[1]YOUR FULL NAMES,
[2] YOUR PHONE/FAX NUMBER,
[3] AND YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

I AWAIT YOUR REPLY.

KALIM DURAK


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