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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: mary Al-Qahtani <al_mary4@yahoo.ca>
Reply-To: mariam_alqahtani04@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:02:22 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Very urgent.


Dear Beloved Friend,

I am Madam. Mariam Al-Al-Qahtani from Holland. I am married to Late Tala Al-Qahtani a German who worked with Julius Berger for many Years before he died in the 27th January 2002 bomblast at our Ikeja resident. we were married with two Lovely children (Zaher and Roberts) who were victims of the December 17 2005 Sosoliso plane crash on their way to Port Harcourt to spend their Christmas holiday with Me. Since the death of my husband, I decided not to re-marry and presently I am 70 Years old.

When my late husband was Alive he deposited the sum of $4,000,000.00 (Four Million United State Dollars) with a Security Company.Presently this money is still with the Security Company and the management just Wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather Issue a Certified Change of Ownership Certificate to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I cannot come over.I am presently in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment Cancer of the lungs, as I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to Live.

I did not trust anyone in this country because the country is corrupt with a lot of corrupt individuals and government officials,Looting of public funds is the order of the day.They are after money and dose not value human being.I want a person overseas that is trustworthy that will utilize 80% of this money to propagate the word of God,fund orphanages and widows around the world but in the name of my late children as their memorial fund. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Reputable Diplomat and also an accredited attorney who is going to process the change of ownership on your favour from the law court and to secure the release of the consignment from the security company and also deleiver the consignment to you in your country without any hinderance,although the diplomat will not know the content of the consignment because he will deliver the consignmnt to you together with the s/company representative for security measure.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly and with sincerity heart as I have stated here in and I advice you to keep this contact to youself and confidential till such fund get to you to avoid any funny thing.

With best wishes,
Mariam Al-Al-Qahtani.



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