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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: "Mrs Fatmat Nazil" (may be fake)
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 15:11:40 -0500
Subject: Re: From Mrs Fatmat Nazil

Dear Beloved Friend,

Good morning and how was your night?

I know this message will come to you as a surprise but i will want you to know that i am not among of the internet corn. My name is Mrs Fatmat Nazil, 61 years old.I am single widow Oil merchant business woman.I have no kids but presently going through a serious and severe cancer of the lungs treatment.I have prayed and thought much about this before i contacted you at last my spirit lead me to you (that you are right person for this divine call for my dream vision for this charity) that is why i contacted you on this site, i was once a regular member of this site and i still hope that good people can be found here on the site.I believe you are among i can confide in.
Recently my doctor stated that, my life on earth is limit.Right now I have only about few months to live, according to my medical report. I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for . Now that God has shown me the limit to life and truth about vanity that all we labor for here on earth is vanity upon vanity if one has no Christ.
After all,i have tried my effort to distrusted all my wealth across to nearby charity organization and some of my relatives and family members i realized that, i am no longer fit to share it all again, that is the reason why i am contacting you for urgent this urgent charity assistance, i have set aside some substantial amount of money for your compensation.My family members refused to help me out with this assistance because they prefer using my money for personal issues, so i don’t trust them anymore, i just need to know if i can trust you , please i don’t want you to take me for granted because i just told you about my health..I want this aim to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth in the sigh of Almighty Allah,so that His grace can be granted upon my soul at my last breathing hour.I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members. so I have decided to give also to charity organizations, as . So far, I have distributed valuables to some charity orga
Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. that’s why i seek for a trust worthy partner.

I am not conversant to the computer due to my critical illness but i have my computer nursing assistance who help me for mail update.Please for more details to go about this, kindly write me back so as to enable me give you more directives on the legal, banking and proper procedure.
I await your sincere response. May heavenly God bless your sincere heart. Thanks for your anticipated time.

Mashallah
Mrs Fatmat Nazil

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