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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 Aisha Abdul Quddus <aishaabdulquddus@outlook.com>
Reply-To: Mrs Aisha Abdul Quddus <aishabdulquddus@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:52:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Asalaamu Alaykum

Asalaamu Alaykum

I am Mallama Aisha Abdul -Quddus, I am a widow to one of the secret
foreign diplomatic four runners to the ousted president of Cote
D'ivoire, my husband was brutally killed by foreign western agents prior
to the present conflict in cote d'ivoire, I have been suffering from
long time illness precisely Cancer which aggravated to a partial stroke
in December, i am dying soon according to my doctors and not with a
child. I have some funds I inherited from my late husband, the sum of $5
Million (Five Million U.S. Dollars). Having known my condition I
decided to donate this fund to a Muslim organization brother or sister
confidentially that will utilize this money for the work of Allah, for
the protection and assistance of the Muslim community against its
adversaries.

I need a very honest and true Muslim organization, brother or sister who
has had the cry of his people from as far as Palestine, Syria, Iran,
Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan and wildly around the world. I took this
decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and
my husband relatives are not Muslims and I don’t want my husband
efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don’t want a situation where this
money will be used out of the chosen ways of Allah.

This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I
know where I am going. I know that I am going to be with Allah at the
end.

I will need you to understand that our communication may be somewhat
slow, as I have no access to internet from the hospital where I am or
allowed to use a telephone, but there is one nurse I am close to her
name Miss Zainab Hussein who have been taking care of me. So once I hear
from you and believe in you, I will send an approval to the fiduciary
institution holding this fund to clear and release said fund to you for
the course we believe and will die for….Allahu Akbar

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