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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. Zulheikha Shaik" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 5 Jun 2011 19:35:29 -0700
Subject: Thanks For Your Reply

Dearest One,
It is my pleasure to write you after much consideration since I can not be able to see you face to face at first.
Being the only wife of mr husband, Mr. Schabir Shaik. You can read from the website below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schabir_Shaik_trial
http://connect.in.com/schabir-shaik/profile-249641.html
He had been jailed in South Africa for fifteen years. Before his sentence, he disclose to me that he deposited
huge amount of dollars($4.6m only) four milion six hundered dollar, in global finance trust scotland, united kingdom.
Though, according to my detained husband, he deposited the money in the bank's suspense account in favour of
his foreign beneficiary, he disclosed to me where he kept the documents(Lodgement documents) issued to him by
the bank and instructed me to seek for a life time investment abroad. I have succeeded in locating the bank and
confirmed the existence with most honest and confidentiality .Now I am soliciting for your assistance to help me transfer
this money out from Thailand to your account abroad so that we should invest it in any lucrative business in your country
because this is my only hope in life. Your handsome reward is negotiable and I promise to compensate you greatly.
Awaiting to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. If this proposal is acceptable,
please kindly contact me through e-mail address: (mrs.zulheikhashaik2007@hotmail.com)
If you are not comfortable with the proposal, please do not hesitate to discontinue.
There will be no telephone and fax contact for security reasons at the moment.
Thanks for your kind attention and mutual understanding .
Best Regards,
Mrs. Zulheikha Shaik and son

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