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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: "Ebrahimi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <el-sayedebrahimi147@oath.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:06:13 +0200
Subject: CARITAS

Hello and good day,
l may not know how you feel about my message but please l have no intentions of inconveniencing
your day or exposing myself but this 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 this mail 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 again 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 terrible 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.El-Sayed Ebrahimi a 62 years old oil tycoon and international business man from
Dubai in the United Arab Emirates-UAE.l was recently diagnosed of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
(Lung Disease)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 children in a fatal car
crash over a decade now.l have never really cared for anyone since then not even myself except
businesses.Although l am a very rich man 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.lf l am given a second chance to come to this world again l will live
a different way from how l have lived it 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 and 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 a charity organizaton in 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 the money was 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,Please l want you to collect
it and distribute to charity,if you have the time and means.You can as well start one of 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 where l am presently undergoing and receiving medication from experts
under palliaive care and medicine as l await 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 claims.You will take 20 percent out of the funds for
your time and assistance and use 80 percent for charity.l pray that the good lord uses you to assist
me with good heart to help the less privileged out there.Stay well and blessed.
Sincerely yours,Dr.El-Sayed Ebrahimi.

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