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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: Mushtary Poindashoeva <dgmushtary@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <musht.poind@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:04:18 +0000
Subject: You will be blessed



Dear friend,How are you and other members of your family? hope you all are very fine.In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact after my prayers and I believe that you are a God fearing person who I can trust and will utilize this money for the purpose of charity work. Please use this money for the help of the less privileged and keep the little part of it for your self and family.Greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs.Mushtary Poindashoeva . I'm a 34 years old woman from Tajikistan and a staff of the UN .I was also married to an Ivoriane who died along with my two children in a car accident 5 years ago. and my husband was a merchant and he owned two business in Singapore and Dubai.Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I live for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Sudan, Kenya,Chad,Niger Republic, Cameroon, Brazil, Austria, Somalia,Bangladesh and some Asian countries. Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Indonesia, through earthquake and boat sink.I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there,my late husband deposited the sum of $5,500,000.00 USD in a long-term deposit account in a Finance company. Presently, I'm in a hospital in Ivory Coast (Cote d'Ivoire) where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the earthquake outbreak in Indonesia and other charity organization. Because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distribute it accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 20% of the money to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you in cure during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help,for security reasons please reply through my private email; musht.poind@yahoo.com . May the good lord bless you and your family. Mushtary Poindashoeva.
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