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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: "H .Azaara" <hayetzaara@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2013 20:34:33 -0000 (Europe/Dublin)
Subject: PLS I NEED YOUR HELP!




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I am writing this mail to you with tears and love from my heart of
charity work i could not fulfill before the end of my days,Please do not
think of this letter as one of those being sent around to ask for money,
I got your email id from our chambers of commerce while searching for a
reliable person to help me carry out the project.

I sent you this email about two weeks ago and i got no response, so i am
constrained to contact you again via the internet which has been
,severely abused by scam over the years. I am Mrs Zaara Heyet an
oil-servicing equipment merchant,from Tunisia presently am diagnosed with
chronic Esophageal throat cancer that was discovered in July 2000,very
late due to
my laxity and not caring for my health, It has defiled all form of
medicine and right now, I have only about a few months to live according
to medical experts.I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my
business,

Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to
people and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared
for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life
than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe
when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my
life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that I know my time is
near, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my
immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends.

In the past one year i have been donating my money, to charity
organizations in Malaysia, and India. Now since my health has
deteriorated so badly, i cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked two
members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money
to charity organizations in Indonesia and Southern Sudan, but they kept
the money to themselves. So, if family can do that, why not trust a total
stranger.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with
what I have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is
the huge cash deposit of Nine Million Dollars $9,000,000.00USD that I
have with a reliable finance security company in europe. I will want you
to help me collect this deposit amount above and dispatche it to charity
organizations.I have set aside 25% for you and for your time.

Please reply me with honesty as soon as you receive this
email:hayetzaara@yahoo.com God be with you.

Mrs .Zaara Heyet.

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