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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 Angela Sadiq" <angelasadiqx@outlook.com>
Reply-To: denise.rowlandesq@aol.com
Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 20:11:20 +0800
Subject: My last will ( Use for humanity )


Dear Sir/Madam,

Peace of the lord be with you.

After going through your profile, i decided to contact you for assistance
and distribution of my inheritance.

My name is Mrs Angela Sadiq ,a dying woman who have decided to donate what
i have to you/ church/Mosque. I am 58 years old and i was diagnosed for
cancer for about 9 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband (a
muslim man) who lived all his life in Australia, who has left me
everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what i have inherited from my late
husband for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to use my
husband hard-earned funds ungodly. Please pray that the good Lord forgive me
my sins.

I will be going in for an operation couple of hours from now, and I have
decided to WILL/donate the sum of $5,500,000 to you for the good work of the
lord, and to help the motherless and less privilege and for the assistance
of the widows.

Now i cannot take any telephone calls right now because my relatives are
around me. I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware i have changed my
will you and he will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to
you.

Contact my lawyer with this specified email contact:
Email: denise.rowlandesq@aol.com
deniserowalandlaw@aol.com
Name: Barrister Denise Rowland ( Esq )

Inform him that i have WILLED ($5,500,000.00) to you and i have notified him
that i am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work. I know i
do not know you but i have been directed to do this by my instinct.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the
task is accomplished, as I do not want anything that will jeopardize my last
wish. In addition, I will be contacting with you by email, as I do not want
my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Regards,

Angela Sadiq (Mrs.) angelasadiqmrs@live.com

My Lawyer Contact Email Address:
denise.rowlandesq@aol.coma
deniserowalandlaw@aol.com



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