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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: "Ms. Gatita Pourmehr" <pou@pourmhr.onmicrosoft.com>
Reply-To: <gatihassan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2013 20:08:55 +0100
Subject: Please Use The Funds Prudently.

Dear Beloved.
I am Ms. Gatita Pourmehr from Kuwait. I am married to Dr. Abdol Rasoul Pourmehr who was a Consultant and Independent contractor with Shell Plc in The Hague, The Netherlands. He died along with our only son (Mahmoud Pourmehr) on the same day in the One-Two-Go Orient-Thai Airlines flight OG269 Phuket Airport plane crash of Monday,17th September 2007 from Bangkok to Phuket, a Thai island resort. For more information, click the link below to see number 46 and 47 list of victims and number 83 and 84 on the flight Manifest: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/09/19/headlines/headlines_30049142.php

Before their death we were devoted Christians. Since their death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of U$18,000,000.00 (Eighteen Million United State Dollars) with a finance/security Firm in the Netherlands to enable him easy access to finance in executing his contracts and businesses in the Netherlands. Presently this money is still
with the Security firm.

My entire world came to an end since the death of my husband and my only son. Recently my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem but What disturbs me most is the stroke
sickness i developed the day i got the news of my husband and son's death in that plane crash. Having known my condition I decided to donate this Fund to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want you to use this money to fund orphanages and widows. I took this decision because I don't have any other child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and they despised me and my husband for being Christians. I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers who hates us because of our christian faith. I don't want a
situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact information of the Finance/Security Company in The Netherlands, My family attorney will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the original beneficiary of this Fund. Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for a church or Christian individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have stated here in. Upon the completion of this transaction, I will want you to retain 20% of these funds for yourself for your generous work and 10% for any expenses you may incur if there are any in the process of this transaction. I shall give you the contact information of my family lawyer who will guide you in all the processes and how to contact the security company for the release of the funds upon your acceptance to stand as the beneficiary to these funds. If you are not a God fearing person and you are not sure of following my instructions to use this money as i have directed, please kindly delete this message and do not bother to reply.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord, as I hope to hear from you soon

Yours in Christ
Ms. Gatita Pourmehr
Email: gatihassan@gmail.com

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