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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: Lamine Ahmed <l_ahmed2@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: <drlamine_ahmed@yahoo.fr>
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:27:02 +0100
Subject: FROM Dr Lamine Ahmed .Assalam Alaikum,



Assalam Alaikum,

I am contacting you based on trust and wish that you will give me back the trust I have given to you. I am not looking for anything else but for someone with the fear of God and one who understands the spiritual implications of handling money meant for the propagation of Gods work. I am Dr Lamine Ahmed of AU CHU HOSPITAL here in Abidjan the capital city of Cote d’ivire and I have an old man with a long time brain cancer problem. His name is Mr Mirwais Tasal and 76 years old man also a Alfaganistan citizen.

He was working here in our country with the United Nations but unfortunately for him, he ran into the hands of the rebels with his wife and his only son, all were killed during the crises. As at the moment Mr Mirwais Tasal may not live for more that two months. He has gone for his first major operation and survived it and in showing appreciation to God for the survival in the operation he now decide to give part of his wealth for the promotion and propagation of God’s work in the area of Charity. $2.900,000,00 (Two million Nine Hundred united states dollars) is his donation to humanity and this money are meant for all motherless babies, all and sundry found in destitute homes and widows. This is a Charity donation from a passionate heart. Contact me via email if you are sincere enough so that I will connect you to his attorney who is in the custody of the depository documents Issued by the Security Company and please do not reply me if you have the intention of using this fund in an ungodly way other than upliftment of Allah work and affecting lives.
Even though I have not met you in person before but I got a message as I looked at your mail ID that you will not betray a trust reposed on you. I will inform his Family Lawyer so that he can arrange for the release of the Package containing the Money to you.
Your most confidentiality in this matter will be appreciated until the task is accomplished, as I don't want anything that will Jeopardize His last wish, due to the fact that He do not want relatives or family members standing in the way of His last wish. If you are in the position to handly this charity donation Sincerely as i did mention above,kindly reach me with your personal informations such as you personal telephone number and your home address for easy communication. You can as well contact me on this number: +225 05 43 80 33.
I await your urgent reply. EMAIL;(drlamine_ahmed@yahoo.fr) Yours Faithfully,Dr Lamine AhmedFor: Mr Mirwais Tasal
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