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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: "RAHMAN OMAR" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rahmatariq952@webadictos.net>
Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2012 20:50:31 +0100
Subject: THANK YOU.

Hello,
good day to you and all.l may not know how you feel about this letter as l have no intentions of exposing myself
or inconvenience your day but was born due to emmergency caused by some life unexpectations.You may be surprised
since we do not know each other neighter have we met before but if you feel reluctant about it you may as well
ignor it.l believe l will achieve this through His intervention.
l decided to contact you through this medium as it was the only means l could serch and reach out for someone or
an organization that can aid me facilitate my dying wish.I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you
any pain so I decided to contact you through this medium.l feel so unpleasant at this point in time with life but
l have to do it as it should be while l pray and hope for the right organization or an individual.
As you read this, I don't want you to feel pathetic for me because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is
Dr.Rahman Omar,a 61 years old merchant and a Real Estate Brocker in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with
Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis that was discovered lately due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled
all form of medicine and right now I have only about a few months to live according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well after I lost my lovely wife and only son in a car accident over a decade
now.I have never really cared for anyone not even myself but my businesses.Though I am very rich I was not generous,
I was somewhat hostile to people and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for.But now I regret
all this as I now realize that there is more to life than just wanting to make all the money in the world. I believe
if I have a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now
that I know my time is near, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended
family members, as well as a few close friends and Schools in the UAE. I have decided also to give alms to charity
organizations,as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some
charity organizations in the U.A.E, United Kingdom and Haiti.But now my health has deteriorating so badly and I am out
of self help,I cannot do these myself anymore.
I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and donate the money which I have there to charity
organization in Bulgaria, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they
seem not to be very contended with what I have left for them. So the last of my money which is a huge cash that I
deposit in a finance house (bank)in Italy, where I used to do business to the UAE.Please I want you to collect it and
distribute to charity and if you have the time and means you can as well start one such charity organization with this
fund if you canot just distribute all to charity.
I am writing this letter from my laptop computer in the hospital bed in England where I am presently undergoing treatment
under palliaive care as I wait for the time to come.
If you are interested to help me I will give you more and details about this,like the amount I deposited and Contact of
the bank to enable you contact them. I will also send you pictures of my self in the hospital.Note that you will take 20%
out of the funds and give 80% to charity organizations. I pray that God uses you to support and assist me with good heart,
God be with you.If you can help please respond back to me on my private email.
Thank and warm regards,
Rahman Omar.
Email; rahmatariq952@webadictos.net


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