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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: Madam Toreth Hughes <haidinger.josef@iol.cz>
Reply-To: sarahfazal147@googlemail.com
Date: Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:59:01 GMT
Subject: Humanitarian Call.




Hello

Getting your contact was not an easy task because since I am not computer literate, I ordered an expert to seek a fellow very far away and he went to the institute of International Business to apply and he paid them the charges to have been able to get your email address.I am Lady Sarah , married to Al Bin Fazal Mohamed a Malaysian who is dead; he died in a train bomb blast in Spain when he was going for his medical check up in 2004.Please copy and paste this Internet link for more information on the incident

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/4340881.stm

Our life together as man and wife lasted for three decades without a child. My husband and I made a vow to uplift the down-trodden and the less-privileged.I can adduce this to the fact that he needed a Child from this relationship,which never came. When my late husband was alive he made a safe deposit of 3 Million Great British Pounds which were derived from his vast estates and investment in capital market with security company here in
Europe.Recently, my Doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the cancerous problems I am suffering from.

I have decided to donate this fund to you and want you to use this gift which comes from my husband's effort to fund the upkeep of widows, widowers, orphans, destitute, and persons who prove to be genuinely handicapped financially.Being aware of the bourgeois religion of my relatives and the misused of his previous investment and ventures. I have decided to put smile on the face of the less privileged.

I can be reached with my private email: sarahfazal147@googlemail.com

Sincerely Yours,
Sarah Al Bin Fazal Mohamed.

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