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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: "Rahman" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rahmantariq@webadicta.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2012 03:43:35 +0200
Subject: THANK YOU FROM DR.TARIQ RAHMAN,DUBAI.

Hello and good day to you and all,
l may not know how you feel about my message please l have no intentions to inconvenience
your day or exposing myself but was born due to some emmergency caused by unexpectations in
life.You may be surprised since we do not know each other neihter have we met before but if
you feel reluctant about it you may as well ignor it.l decided to contact you through this
medium as it is the only means l could serch and reach out for someone or an organization
that can aid me facilitate my last and most important wish.l have to say that l have no
intentions of causing you any pain so l decided to contact you through this means.l feel
so unpleasant considering the pains l am going through at the momentl but l have to do all
l think l could while l pray and hope for the right organization or individual to assit carry
out my dying wish.
As you read this l don't want you to feel pathetic for me because l believe everyone will die
someday.My name is Dr.Tariq Rahman a 62 years old estate brocker and business man from Dubai
in the United Arab Emirates-UAE.l have been recently diagnosed of Ideopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
That was discovered lately due to my laxity in caring for my health.lt has defiled all form of
medicine and now l have only about a few months to live according to medical experts.l have not
particularly lived my life so well after l lost my wife and 2 children in a fatal car crash over
a decade now.l have never really cared for anyone since then not even myself except my businesses.
l am very rich although but l was not always generous,l was hostile to people and only focus on
business as that was what matters more to my life and the only thing l cared for.l now regret all
this as l have now realize that there is more to life than wanting to make all the money in the
world,if l am given a second chance to come to this world again l will live a different way from
how l have lived now.
Now that l know my time is near l have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my
family members,as well as a few close friends and Schools in the UAE.l have also decided to give
to charity,l want this to be one of the last good deeds l do on earth.So far l have distributed
money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E my country,the united kingdom and haiti but now
that my health is deteriorating l am out of self help and cannot continue myself anymore.l once
asked some close members of my family to withdraw the money l had in one of my accounts in Qatar
and donate to charity organizaton in japan and thailand but they refused and rather kept the money
to themselves.Hence l do not trust them anymore as they seem not to be satisfied and contended with
what l have willed to them and that is not the first as they have in the past years been squandering
my money for their personal purposes instead of business its meant for.
The last of my money which is a huge cash deposit that l deposited in a finance institute-bank in
Italy where l used to do business and buy merchandize to my country the UAE.Please l want you to
collect it and distribute to charity,if you have the time and means you can as well start one such
charity organization if you can not just distribute all to charity.
I am writing this message from my laptop computer in my hospital bed in the united kingdon where l
am presently undergoing and receiving medication from experts under palliaive care as l wait for
the time to come.Please lf you are willing to assist me l will unveil other details about this,like
the amount l deposited and the contact of the bank holding my money for you to make contact with
them for claim.You will take 20 percent out of the funds for you time and assistance and use 80
percent for charity.l pray that God uses you to assist me with good heart to help the less
privileged,stay well and blessed.
Yours,Dr.Tariq Rahman.
My Email; tariqrahman952@imail.com

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