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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!

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Fraud email example:

From: Proposal from Samirah Abdullahi <rosesang@eduvirzones.com>
Reply-To: samirah_af@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:41:36 +0000
Subject: Proposal to invest on charity work.

samirah_af@yahoo.fr


Dear respected one,

I want you to patiently read this offer. I am Mrs. Samirah Abdullah
62years old, the wife to the deceased former Head of Delegation to the
World Bank in West Africa. I am diagnosed with oesophageal cancer and
have been hospitalized for couple of years now in United Kingdom. My
illness has defied all forms of Medical treatment, and right now I
have very short time to live according to the medical experts.

My husband was the link-man between the Organization for Petroleum
Exporting Countries - OPEC and the petroleum sector in a West African
country before his untimely death 2006 caused by cardiac arrest in our
home town. We were married for 17 years without issue and were
committed to our God.

Through the sale of our allocated oil quota in OPEC, he was able to
make a fix deposit of S$2.5.million. (Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand UNITED STATES DOLLARS)in a secured finance vault which I will
disclose you of the actual organization when I most have seen your
interest and would want you to help me if agreed utilize this cash for
charities any where in the world, I cannot do this myself any more now
that my health has badly deteriorated. Knowing my condition and
believing the doctor, have decided to donate this fund out to less
privilege, organizations, individual that will utilize this money the
way I am going to instruct herein to avoid total loss. I have decided
to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the
last good deeds I do on this planet earth before anything could happen.

It is on this basis that I am contacting you for assistance, if you
will be interested, claim documents will been processed and sent to
you. The documents with which the fund is deposited will be amended to
reflect you as the beneficiary so that you will be eligible to claim
the fund.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband relatives are fighting over other the
properties already, while I once asked my husband?s immediate next to
close one of our accounts and distribute the money which he refused
and kept the money to himself. Hence, I do not trust them any more, as
they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

You shall be entitled to 30% of the total funds. I am interested to
use this last fund for the propagation of God work in any form and for
charity, like building Clinics, school, orphanage, library and
drilling of water for the orphans, local community, helping also the
widows, Old Aged, and people living with HIV AIDS who can not afford
to pay for health, school and foodstuff or otherwise in relation to
God work. I wouldn?t need any telephone communication in this regard
because of my health and the presence of my husband's relatives around
me always as I will not want them to know about this development
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is risk
free and doesn't have any negative implication. If you can
conveniently assure me of your ability to keep this business very
secret and confidential, you can write back to me for further details
by including your full details like: Your full names, your full
addresses, Your occupation/post and company name, Your nationality,
Your telephone and fax numbers for administrative use.


Best regards,
Mrs Smairah Abdullah please eply to samirah_af@yahoo.fr






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