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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: "shaimaamorsi@libero.it" <shaimaamorsi@libero.it>
Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 23:47:45 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: DONATION OF FUND FOR CHARITY BY A CANCER VICTIM

Dearest in-Christ,

I am Mrs. Shaimaa Morsi, from Croatia, but, married to a Muslim from
Malaysia. My husband died late last year from HIV/AIDS related illness. We
were married for 17years without a child because my husband was impotent. My
husband was rich and from a ruling family in Malaysia, but fell out with his
people because they strongly opposed to his marrying a Christian woman, like
me, which, according to them, was contrary to their family policy. Because of
this, they hate me and subjected me into series of humiliations, believing that
I was responsible for my husband’s sudden death and his non-productive problem.


Presently, my husband’s relatives have confiscated all my known assets and
fund leaving me with nothing. Recently, a bank in United States of America
contacted me and told me that my husband deposited some huge sum of money with
them (totalling to the tune of Twenty Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand
United States Dollars (US$D23, 500, 000. 00), only, and that I can claim it. I
spoke with the Director of the Bank and explained my present poor health
situation to him and he accepted to help me move the fund abroad.


The truth of the matter now is that I do not need the money because,
presently, I’m in a critical health condition, having been suffering from a
chronic heart cancer and I have just few months to live, according to my
Doctors. I also do not want my husband’s relations to claim the fund, least
they use it in a devilish manner. I have, therefore, decided to donate the fund
to an individual or organization that will use the fund for charity.


If you are interested, please, send me your full name, address and telephone
number and I will immediately forward them to the bank to enable the bank open
up direct communications with you on the release formalities of the fund to
you, to be used for charity purposes.


I am waiting to hear from you, urgently.


Regards,

Mrs. Shaimaa Morsi

Malaysia.

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