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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: mosawi02@netscape.net
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 12:03:31 -0400
Subject: Details from El' Mosawi

Dear Beloved,
I am most grateful for your mail, and I seize this opportunity to thank you for coming to my rescue and to also let you know that this project is straight forward and legal . I am somebody with a conscience. If this project was in any way illegal, I would tell you straight away so that you know what is involved and decide for yourself. But it is not like that at all, and you will later see and understand that.

I hope you were not too embarrassed by my first email to you since you do not know me. I had no option since my immediate and extended family in and outside Tunisia refused to distribute my funds because they want to keep it to themselves. I didn?t know how to move the funds out and dispatched it to charity organizations.

I am communicating with only you at this moment with regards to this project. And I would not have any cause to do otherwise, except you state your intention to withdraw your assistance.Just like I stated in my first mail to you, this fund is presently in a security and holding firm.

I cannot distribute these funds myself because of the following reasons:

(1) I am under going medical treatment. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now I have only about a few months to live,according to medical experts

(2) I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations and churches, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.It is for this reasons I am seeking for your assistance to stand as the beneficiary to the fund and retrieve it on my behalf and dispatched it to charity organizations. I will send to you some names of these organizations too.

All the necessary documents required to get the Funds out of the security firm are in my possession and I will be sending them to you after we must have come to a conclusion and reached an Agreement. Note Before. I need you to give me your words that you will be very Honest and straight forward
with me when the money gets to you, So long as you can execute this Project successfully and help me dispatched it to charity organizations or set up one.

Thus, I would need you to get back to me on the following issues,

(1) That you are in a position to be trusted as a God fearing person with such a large amount of fund and dispatched it to charity 0rganization of your choice or set up one in my name.

(2) That you ready to sign a letter of guarantee with me, clearly stating the terms of this project of great interest and concern to Humantiy,man kind and almighty Allah, including your percentage and dispatching the remaining funds to charity organizations.

(3) That you are willing to contact the security company to discuss the terms of releasing the funds.

(4) That you fully understand this project up to this stage and you are ready to proceed under these terms.

(5) That you will keep this trust I have in you confidential pending when you have funds in your possession to distribute.

As soon as I receive your reply that you are ready to proceed under these terms, then I will furnish you with all details including the list I have complied for the charities which I would want to benefit from this gesture. But if you have any questions up to this stage, please ask and I will be more than happy to respond to them. And I will also send you the contact of a lawyer that will assist in getting all neccessary document together in concluding this Project.

Thanks for your mail, your mail has relieved me and I pray to almighty God with his infinite mercy to reward you. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it now. I want you to pray for me so that God would forgive me and be merciful to me and accept my soul.

May Almighty God bless you,

Nura El Mosawi.

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