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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. AISHA MEDINA AHMED." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aishamedina_ahmed01uk@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2010 02:51:01 +0100
Subject: CAN I TRUST YOU TO BE OF HELP ?.

I am Mrs. Aisha Medina Ahmed, the wife of Mr. Abbas Abdullah Ahmed, I am a citizen of Tunisia. My husband worked with the chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year 2004.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home, When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 9.2 Million Pounds (Nine million two hundred thousand Pounds) with a Bank in Europe.
    Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate this account) as I can not come over. Presently,I'm in a hospital in Russia where I have been undergoing treatment for  Esophageal  cancer.
 
    I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations any where in the World in helping human race. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I beg you to help me Stand-in as the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money, and I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to.
    I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. So I have to get the lawyer who will work with you to see that everything work out fine I await your quick response to this mail as this is my last wish to see this funds transferred before my Death .I will tell you more as soon as you get back to me, you can email me on this email aishamedina_ahmed01uk@mail.com. alternatively aishamedina_ahmed01uk@hotmail.com.
 
 
     Remain Blessed
 
    Your Beloved Sister
 
   Mrs.Aisha Medina  Ahmed.

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