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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: "MRS FATIMAH ABIDA FATAH" <mrsfatimahabida_fatah@arabtop.net> (may be fake)
Reply-To: mrsfatimahabida_fatah@myself.com
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 04:00:43 -0800
Subject: CRY OF A WIDOW IN NEED OF YOUR HELP

PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL
FROM MRS FATIMAH ABIDA FATAH

I know you will be surprise to receive this but do please consider it
a request from a suffering family in serious need of your assistance.
I have to bring before you this proposal because we sincerely hope
you will be reliable to assist us.

My name is MRS. MRS FATIMAH ABIDA FATAH. I am the first wife of the
recently assassinated DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF BAGHADAD MR. HATEM KAMIL
ABDUL FATAH.

This websites is where you will read this story very well
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3970619.stm
http://www.uslaboragainstwar.org/article.php?id=6979

Before the assassination of my late husband he deposit in a box the
flat sum of eight Million United States Dollars=us$8m=in a vault of a
private security firm in Middle East


The Security Company does not know the actual content of the box
deposited with them since my late husband declared it to be precious
materials such as GOLD AND DIAMONDS.

As it is, I have now decided to divert this money for our own
personal use but we would want you to help us get these money out
from they security vault and invest for us in your country for onward
investment purposes.

As an international partner, I genuinely solicit that you kindly help
me and my family get these money into your country through your
personal or Company help for safekeeping pending my immediate
arrival for onward investments, in your country because since they
assignation of my husband, they were still looking in all means to
Kill me and my children.

I must stress here that there is no risk involvement of any kind since
Our Attorney have mapped out a very perfect and smooth-free business
Plans that will be concluded within a maximum of five working days of
Receiving your approval.

We have resolved to offer you 25% of the money for your assistance and
5% of it will be for all kinds of expenses you will incur in the
Course of transferring this money. The rest will be for investments
in your country or anywhere you might suggest. Further Discussions
will Commence when we hear from you but do not forget the absolute
confidentiality and mutual trust required in this transaction.


MAY THE ALMIGHTY GOD BLESS YOU,
MRS FATIMAH ABIDA FATAH
FOR THE FAMILY.


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