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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: Amina Haniya Abdul Hassan Azizi <ahah201azizi@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2013 10:42:17 +0100 (WAT)
Subject: Re: I am Still Waiting For Your Reply,Contact me before i die



Dear beloved,

I am still waiting for your reply.

I am Mrs Amina Haniya Abdul Hassan Azizi a Libya and I am dying woman. I am
donating the sum of GBP6.5 million to you to be used for charity or
Humanitarian services such as the Religions, poor families,people in
the asylum camp and help to less privileged and physically challenged
ones.Please do not misuse this fund for the private use or
otherwise.Remember, after my due consultation with Almighty Allah, you
are the only person i have trusted and contacted among three names
after going through your profile for this purpose and prayed
over it, for the fact that I always communicate to Almighty Allah in
prayers in situation like this, because He is the Alpha and Omega.


Please, for your information, if you are not interested in my donation
do not bother contacting me because I am in a hospital right now for
over a year plus and as soon as I receive your confirmation via email
or telephone call, I shall send you all the details in respect to the
inheritance,but your delay shall give me privilege to source out
another individual for the same purpose.

Contact me on:my Direct Email: amina121ah@gmail.com

And Hospital`s Telephone No:+447053851339

Almighty Allah bless you,
Amina Haniya Abdul Hassan Azizi

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