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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: <qass_abd@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2008 05:18:53 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you,

SALAMALEKUM,

Greetings in the name of Allah, the most beneficent,
the most merciful.
My name is Mr. Abdullah Mohammed, a widower to Late
Mrs. Aishat Mohammed
I am 65years old, presently I am suffering from long
time cancer of the lunges, from all
Indications, my condition is really deteriorating and
i am very much afraid of my doctor〈 report, infact my
condition is very bad now,
My late wife was killed during the Gulf war, and
during the period of our marriage we couldn't produce
any child.
The doctor has told me that I may not live beyond
this year. Every new day is like a bonus to me.
So now i have decided to divide part of this wealth,
to contribute to the propagation of Islam and in
assisting the less-privileged Muslim faithful and all
humanity in Africa and throughout the Muslim world, I
choused you after visiting the website and I prayed
over it, I discussed this with my Attorney, Barrister
Tares Amin.I am willing to donate part of the sum of
US$18,000,000.00(Eighteen Million US Dollars) for the
development of
The holy work as well as a distribution to aid Muslim
faithfuls and also for the less privileged, including
orphans who lost their mothers through this deadly
illness [ cancer]no matter their faith.
Please I want you to note that, this fund is deposited
in a Security
Company. For that, my lawyer Barrister Tares Amin will
file in application for the transfer of the money in
your name as you wish provided you are ready to use
part of this money for this purpose. You will
therefore have to travel to Dubai, to sign for the
official
Release of this money as well as advice on how you
want the money remitted to you own account. My
Attorney will accompany you on this trip.
Lastly I honestly pray that this money when
transferred will be used for the said purpose because
I have come to find out that wealth acquisition
without Allah is vanity upon vanity. For this reason I
have decided to set-aside 40%
of this money for the service of humanity and the work
of Allah.

May the Grace of Allah be our guide and be my refuge
when i leave this
World. More so, I decided to offer you 30% While 20%
will be transferred to the account of my Lawyer,
Barrister Tareq Amin as compensation after Successful
Conclusion. The remaining 10% is to cover the expenses
both from your side and the side of my Lawyer who will
assist you until every thing is over.
A Swift acknowledgement of the receipt of this email
would be appreciated.
All further response to this proposal should be
communicated to this private
Email: mohammed_a5555@yahoo.in
Yours in Allah,
Mr Abdullah Mohammed



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