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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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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Farah al-Hashemi" <farah-4me2007@she.com> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2007 01:27:57 +0700
Subject:

From: Mrs Farah al-Hashemi
Address: Chiang Rai hospital
31-12 Chiang Rai - Lampoon Rd,
,Chiang Rai Thailand

Dearest Beloved,

Thank you for the attention beeing given to go through
my mail.I am Mrs.Farah al-Hashemi, The wife of iraq
military finance corps Chief, who was incharge of the
payment of the military salary during his life service
time . I am 58 years old, i am now receiving treatment
in the hospital. It's quite obvious that I won't live
Longer according to my doctor as i am sufering from my
kidney transplant illness,this is because my illness
has gotten to a very bad stage.

My late husband died from the British and American
attacks over my country ,and during the period of our
marriage we had two male children Musa and Idris.After
the death of my husband , I inherited some money which
my late husband deposited with a Security Finance
Company in Thailand for safety.The doctor has advised
me that I may not live long, so I now decided to
contact you to assist my two sons to claim this money
From where it was deposited and guide them for
investment as you are a potential business man.

My family will be interested in doing business in your
country, thefore i would like to seek your assistance
and help.I am interested particularly in properties ,
but your advise on other areas of private sector would
be highly appreciated, i am in believe that you would
be of great help in guiding my two sons to a sucessful
exploration of the investment potentials of your
country , which guarantees good capital returns and
human security .As a result of this, i can take you in
confidence bassically due of the source of the fund ,
hereby believing that your assistance will be
profitable to us.

The amount in question is USD$12 Million .I will
appreciate your willingness to carry this transactions
the gratification remark which will be determined as
soon as i hear from you.As i have maped out 20%, for
your assistance and 5% would be used for the
re-embursement of any expenses that is encurred during
on the process of this transaction .

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when
transferred to your country will be used for the said
purpose of investing in the industry, because I have
come to find out that wealth acquisition without Allah
is vanity upon vanity.
I await your urgent reply to enable me up-date you with
more information and how to proced.
Do feel free to ask me any question if you wish to as
my husbands death has blocked every trace of this money
from us,the documentations relating to the deposit of
this fund are all intact with my first son for your
verification .I await to hearing from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely.
Mrs Farah al-Hashemi


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