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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: hegab leenah ahmedo <a_leenah_hegab@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 May 2007 18:08:22 +0000
Subject: urgent reply needed please.



My dear, I am Mrs Leenah Hegab of Kuwait , and i got your contact on my personal search of the person. Iam married to late Dr.Ahmed Hegab who worked with Kuwait Embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2000.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we were both born again christians. Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $US10 Million (ten Million U.S.Dollars)with a Finance House in Cotonou Benin Republic for safe keeping as Funds Belonging to his foreign business associate. Presently,I'm in a hospital where I have been under going treatment for oesophageal cancer. I have since lost the ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed among charitable organizations in your country. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them again. Please,I beg you in the name of God to help me retrieve this money as soon as possible .I want you as a God fearing person to handle this by using this money to fund churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the less privileged children are maintained with this money.The Bible made us to understand that Blessed is the hand that grivet. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relative are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers.I don't want a situation where this money will be used in uncharitable way. Please if you really want to knowwhy i want to wheel this money to you and you want thismoney to be transferred to you Please contact thebank manager whose name and address i will give to youas soon as you reply this mail. He will help youtransfer this money that i want to wheel to you. Rightnow i am in a hospital and i will tell you mystory.All your financial contributions andparticipation fees relating to this business will bereimbursed to you once the money is in youraccount,thats a promise.here is my alternative mail address leenahhegab@yahoo.com
God Bless you. Mrs Leenah Hegab.
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