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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: "AICHA SALEM" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <aichasalem64@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 17:29:11 -0600
Subject: USE THIS TO HELP THE NEEDY

Friend in The Lord
 
 
Please use this money for the Churches/Islamic and Less Privileged in the world.
 
 
Greetings to you and your family in the name of God,in my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet on my bed side with my laptop.   I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes.My name is Mrs. Aicha Salem, I'm a 64 years old woman and  my Country is Libya,I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai, and Spain I was also married with two children.
 
My husband and two children where involved in a car crash in the Dec,25th 2010 view this website.http://www.cnn.com/Lybia.crash/index.html Before this happened,my business and concern  for making money was all I care for,I never really cared about other values in life.
 
But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families,I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless,I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs,only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Philippines, Canberra, Australia Indonesia Mali through fire and water flood including civil war.
 
 
I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there or any part of the world like Asia/ Europe and South America that might still need any financial help,I have (US,12.5 Million) Twelve Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars  in a long-term deposit in a bank, Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for O esophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital.
 
 
I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few weeks to live,It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia,Philippines and other charity organization in the World like i said,i have enclosed for you the Current Photograph I took below in the hospital, Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them again.
 
 
Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and  distributes it accordingly Use your judgment to distribute the money to the poor and needy, and keep 20% of it to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you receive the money for any expenses you made during the process of collecting/claiming the Fund on my behalf. Please If you are
 
 
willing to help,please reply as soon as possible, again I will allow you to communicate with the Bank directly upon the receipt of your reply because I want this project to be completed before the end of this  month before I will die according to the Doctors report. Also attach to me in your return mail your personal details for familiarity,May the good Lord bless
 
 
you and your family.
 
 
1.Your Full Names
2.Your Age/ Sex
3.Your Marital Status
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Mobile Numbers/Fax
6.Your International Passport/Working ID/Driving Lenience. 
 
 
AICHA SALEM

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