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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. Almira Ahmed Hassani Bolkiah." <mrs_a_h_bolkiah16@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mrs_a_h_bolkiah@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:57:57 +0200
Subject: YOUR ASSISSTANCE NEEDED URGENT!!!

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 careof.

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 lying with a reputable deposit firm 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 boy in case anything goes wrong.

May the peace of God be with you
Mrs. Almira Ahmed Hassani Bolkiah
write me through this email address (mrs_a_h_bolkiah@yahoo.com)

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