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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: "Amina" (may be fake)
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 23:36:49 +0200
Subject: good friend in God

Hello my beloved in the lord,
I am Mrs. Amina james, a nationality of Egypt formerly British Honduras,
born in the state of Ohio USA. I am legally married to Mr. joe james, a Zambia
citizen born brought up in Canada, I live in Canada with my husband for 32 years before
we move down to Zambia southern Africa in 1985 after my husband retirement in 1981, I
am 79 years old by the grace of Ali, I am a new Christian convert, suffering from long
time cancer of the breast. all indication from my doctor that my conditions is really
deteriorating and it is quite obvious that I wouldn’t live more than two months, according
to my doctors and in all indication regards to medical analysis. This is because the cancer
disease has gotten to a very bad stage that no hope for me to be a living person again. My
dear husband was involved with the January 2000 Kenya airways plane crashed.
After 47 years period of marriage life, still we could not produce any child, my late
husband was very wealthy and after his death, I inherited some part of his business and
money in the bank. The doctors has advised me that I may not live for more than two
months and warn me to decease from thinking over who is going to inherit me to help my
body receive treatment, today I have decided to donate contribute to the less privileges,
charity and orphanage homes. I made this decision after listening to the news line about
100 years old woman who secretly donate her fortune upon her death, this is good act and
people must always emulate good act secret donation.
I choose you because my lawyer advised me to contact unknown person who can assist
me secretly and I have confident in you because I have prayed over it. I am willing to
donate the sum of US$12.5 Million to the less privileged. I am going to advice my lawyer
to change my last will to your name and file in an application for the transfer of the
money in your name. lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used
for the said purpose even though I late then or alive, because I have come to find out that
wealth acquisition without Aliha is vanity according to the wisest king in Israel king
Solomon, and I made the promise to God that the fund will be use to help the needy and
the less privilege.
Finally, I know you will be surprise to receive my offer since you don't know me and
have not seen me before but I can assure you that if you have any doubts about me and
my offer, we can arrange for you to visit me in the hospital, so we can build good trust
and quality confident to carry this project out. May the grace of our Aliha the love of
God be with you and your family,
Please further discussion contact me here:
I await urgent reply.
Yours truly,
Mrs. Amina james

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