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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: "Mrs Ameena Shumejda" <ameenashume@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 16:01:31 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: URGENT CALL


Dear Sir/Madam,

Please accept my sincere apologizes if my email does not meet your business or personal ethics. I am Mrs. Ameena
Shumejda, I am 75 years old, a widow to late Mr.John Shumejda who was the President of Agricultural Equipment Giant
AGCO Corp and also a contractor to Petronas oil and gas Malaysia, who passed away on the 4th of January 2002 in a
Plane Crash in Birmingham . See the website below:- http://edition.cnn.com/2002/ WORLD/europe/01/04/england. plane/

Am presently suffering from long time breast Cancer.

From all indications my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I wouldn’t live for more than
four months according to my doctors medical analysis as the cancer stage has gotten to a very critical stage that no
hope for me to be a living person again, my late husband who was the President of Agricultural Equipment Giant AGCO
Corp and also a contractor to Petronas oil and gas Malaysia, has a Deposit Certificate of (GBP 8,000,000) Eight
Million British Pounds, with a Bank in Malaysia.

He died in a plane crash and during the period of our marriage we could not bear any child. My late husband was very
wealthy and after his death, I inherited all his business and wealth.

After the doctors medical analysis, I decided to divide part of this wealth to contribute to Asia / Africa
/American/Europe/Etc especially to create solution to problem of less privileged ones and orphanage homes. I selected
you after visiting the websites, I prayed and fast for three weeks over it.

Please I want to transfer this money into your account before is late and my bank will use the fund without doing
according to my wish, Note that this fund is in the financial institution and upon my instruction; I will file in an
application for the transfer of the money into your account for the said purpose and you will be taken 40% for the
work done while 60% will be for the less privileged and the orphanage homes.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for the said purpose even though I am late then,
because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without happiness is vanity and I made the promise to God that
the fund will be use to help the poor. Do let me know if you can able to handle this money and use it for the said
purpose so that I will instruct the bank,

I wait urgently for your reply.

Allah blessing.

Best regards
Ameena Shumejda.

contact email: ameenashume@gmail.com




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