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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Almira=20Hassani?= <al_mirahassani1@yahoo.com.br>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 10:53:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Please Read this mail very carefully!!


Meu novo endereço de e-mailAgora você pode me contactar através do e-mail: al_mirahassani1@yahoo.com.br

My dear,

Please Read this mail very carefully!!

It is with tears that I am writing this message to you from a hospital

bed, I am Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassani Bolkiah, a widow to Late Sheik Ahmed Hassani Bolkiah of Brunei, I am 38years old and I have a son of 13years of age we are at the moment in Benin Republic and I am suffering from cancer of the lungs which I will soon undergo the operation or a radio therapy, I

want to also let you know that I am writing you this mail from a hospital

here where I am taking my treatments and you can imagine the kind of pains I am going through writing this mail to you.


My husband is the Second son to Prince Jeffrey Bolkiah former finance

minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-rich sultanate on the Island of Gulf in the

Middle East Asia, let me save your time by not amplifying my extended royal

family history, which has already been disseminated by the international media during the controversial dispute that erupted between my father in-law and his stepbrother,the sultan of Brunei Sheik Muda Hassani Bolkiah who is the King/ President of Brunei.


As you may know from the international media, the sultan of Brunei

accused my father in-law of financial mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 billion dollars and this was as a result of the Asian Financial crisis that made my father in-law?s company Amedeo Development Company

that was inherited by my husband and government owned Brunei investment

company to be declared bankrupt during his tenure in the office.


However my father in-law with my husband was kept under house arrest,

their bank accounts and private properties including a crude oil export

refinery were later confiscated by the sultanate and to worsen the whole thing, he has to assassinate my father in-law with my beloved husband and I was

placed under house arrest by the sultan so that I will not tell the

international community what has happened and that is where I developed this cancer of the lungs which is killing me now but I still believe that it is the

will of God that life treat me this way.


To avoid further prosecution and sufferings from the sultan and his

security operatives since I have lost my husband and I have my only child to

keep me happy, I decided to relocate from my country Brunei to Benin

Republic in West Africa where my husband has deposited the sum of ( US$9 Million Dollars) but unfortunately for me this my illness has became worst and I have been placed at the hospital for medical attention here, so I am

planing to fly to abroad for good medication and a perfect surgical operation

because according to what my doctor told me that I may not live for more than a month without this operation, I am so scared about this because she has made me understand that I have only 20% chance to survive this surgery and for that reason, I want to make a future for my only son before undergoing this surgery so that even if I die on the process of this surgery, my son will be

taken care of.


The reason why I am contacting you is to know if you can arrange for a

better hospital over there so that I can come there for a better surgery and

aslo to know if you can take care of my son when I will be undergoing this

surgery,I have decided to give you this sum of (US$ 9Milion) that I inherited

from my late husband so that you can invest it in a very lucrative business

in your country, we never can tell what will happen during the surgery, so

that in case if anything happen to me during this operation, my son will

have someone to take care of him and a business/funds to inherit for a good

future or if this surgery go well, I will have a business that I can use to

take care of my only son.



Please note that this fund is deposited in a Bank here in Benin Republic of West Africa and as I am writing this message to you,

I am on the hospital Bed, I will need to do this operation soonest but

first I want to secure a future for my only son.

All I want from you is to take the money and invest it so that you can

take care of my son in case anything goes wrong.

May the peace of God be with you

Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassani Bolkiah

write me through this email address (al_mirahassani@yahoo.com.br)

- Almira Hassani


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