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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: "Miriam Hashem Zinab" (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 7 May 2012 01:56:43 +0530
Subject: Greetings From Zinab

Good day,

My name is Mrs. Zinab Miriam Hashem, a widow from Kuwait.
I was married to the late Dr. Hassan Walid Omar, who died in 2000. He was a crude oil businessman in the former Soviet Union and South America. We were married for 18 years without children. Since 2004 I have been diagnosed with cancer and fibroids. So I developed a hearing loss as a result of drug reactions.

Recently, my doctor told me that I would die in the next two(2) months because of my illness with cancer.

I have about Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (US$2,500,000.00) deposited in a Bank in one of the accounts operated by my husband and I in our business dealings.

I want you to help me invest this amount to charity and motherless babies for the uplifting of human lives and to improve humanity and the less-priviledged in the society. I accept this decision because I do not have a child who will inherit this money.

If you are ready to help me, reply me so that I will tell you how to get the money to enable the charity work for the glory of God Almighty.

Reply through my personal email: zinabmir2@live.com
I am waiting for your email.

God bless

Miriam.



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