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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.Elizabeth Tami" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <elizabethtam629@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2011 20:30:33 -0600
Subject: HELP THE POOR...



Once again I am greeting you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ who made the
impossibility become possible for those who trust and believe in him. I am Mrs.Elizabeth Tami
from Joo Chiat singapore, southeast of Asia, I thank God for the life well spent so far as
I am in my late 60's.


My health has been deterorating, I have been suffering from multiple myeloma, a cancer of
the bone marrow and an insulin dependant diabetics. It is a tragedy to know that I live
everyday of my life with fear that I may not see the next day as my physicians has
confirmed that I may not live longer than three months.I had no joy of parent hood nor a
joy of a wonderful family, as I grew up without knowing whom my mother was and at a very
tender age I lost my father, I knew no family relatives till this day but I still give God
the glory for bringing forth my memorable and loving husband late Mr. Giamin Tami a Malaysian
nationality, he worked with the Petroliam Nasional Berhad (PETRONAS) Malaysia. He died in
an oil spill disaster that occured in the year 1998 in his working field.



The death of my late husband caused me a lot of pains and failure in health as I could not
stand the fact that I lost the only person whom I had. I made a vow to his ashes and to God
that I will never get married to any other man and I thank God that I kept that promise,
3years after his death I had no choice than to go back to my hometown Singapore but before
then I was able to sell off every inherited belongings and estates belonging to I and my
late husband together with the compensation I got from PETRONAS where my husband worked.
The benefits realized from this sale and the compensation rounded up to the sum of Twelve
Million Two Hundred and Thirty Seven thousand Malaysia Ringgits (12,237.0949 MYR) which is
equivalent to Four Million Thirty Thousand United states Dollars($4,030.000,00USD).The
funds was bonded in an escrow telex account with a private finance company touch stone micro finance.

After years of illness,pain and circumstances I became too ill and spent almost all my life
in a hospital. Presently I received a fund withdrawal update from the finance company, they
stated that an immediate withdrawal has to be made on the account where the funds are
deposited or else the Malaysian government will confiscate the funds,but due
to my present predicament there is no possbility of me flying over to malaysia or being
able to handle the transaction process from here, as I have been physically disabled and
has hence lost the ability to talk ever since the period of my illness.

The finance company then advised that I bring forth a beneficiary who will assist in
ensuring that the funds are transfered out of the account, My dear I have spent millions of dollars on
my health and I see no sign of any recovery so I took this drastic decision because it
shall not profit me a thing if I die in the name of keeping this funds to myself and
spending it all on my health while there are people out there who needs the funds more, It
is my last wish to see that this funds are invested in any charitable organization of your
choice and proceeds distributed each year among the charity organization and cancer
hospitals.

The will of the almighty God does not lead his children to where his grace will not protect
them, and the Lord does not give his children a cross they cannot carry so my dear believe
in the miracles of the Lord and realize that nothing is impossible for our Lord Jesus
Christ. I shall keep praying without ceasoning till I hear back from you for more details
on how to get started with this project.

Mrs.Elizabeth Tami

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