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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.Azman Bin Hashim <binti@officemailaddressin.com>
Reply-To: azmanbinhashim@gmx.com
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:18:53 +0800
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE IS NEEDED

DEAREST FRIEND.

I am Mrs Azman Binti Hashim from London United Kingdom. I am married to Dr.Frank Bin Hashim who worked with Shell Petroleum Development Yemen for ten years before he died in the year 2006.We were married for twenty-seven years without a child. He died during one of the rioting/kidnapping of foreign oil workers in Yemen. My late husband was kidnapped by the Militants, held hostage for 3 weeks which after he was slain to death by Militants( Rebel Group) of the region and since his death I decided not to re-marry.

When my late husband was alive working with the Shell Petroleum Development Company Yemen, he was first retired and was paid by the company the sum of USD $ 5.5Million as grantuity and retirement allowance which he deposited the money with a security company in United States as fixed deposit

Presently, this money is still with the security company in US and the management of the said security company sent me a notification of claim as the beneficiary to come forward to receive the money or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come over.

Currently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the blood. I have since lost my ability to talk well which made it difficult for me to communicate via telephone and my doctor told me that I may have only a few months to live hence i contact you to ask for your assistance in receiving the said amount on my behalf.

I decided to do this because i don't have a child of my own that will inherit this money,my late husband relatives are after my life,the worst is my late husband relatives the fact that i did not bear any child for their brother collected, misuse and confisticate all properties left behind by my late husband.

This money that i am asking you to be a beneficiary to is the only thing which my late husband relatives does not know about and also the only thing i inherited from the families of Haafkens which i made a promise to God that i will use it for the propagation of his work,funding of churches,orphanages,
widows homes and the less privilege.

Upon your acceptance to be a beneficiary to this fund it will be my last wish to see that 30% of this money ($1.6M) is used to bring up the 9 year-old boy whom I adopted after I lost my husband and then distribute 55% among charities organization, churches and the less privilege while 15% is for your assistance and help.

Note that I need a person that is God fearing that will use this money as stated above thus: 30% to take care of my adopted son, 55% for the funding of churches,orphanages, widows , for the propagation of God work and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.


As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company in US where the money is deposited and I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund.

Assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.

Get back to me via my private email:
azmanbinhashim@gmx.com
Waiting

Mrs Azman Binti Hashim

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