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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: ellanwfy@gmail.com
Reply-To: lisa_uk11@ymail.com
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 18:59:47 -0500
Subject: CONTRACT

HI,

I am Mrs. Fadillah Mohammed, a British woman suffering from cancerous ailment. I am married to Mr. Abdulah Mohammed.
Late Eng.Abdulah Mohammed worked with Chevron Corporation for twenty years before he died at the age of 54 on 5th of January 2013 after a brief illness caused by auto-crash in Syria civil war as a result of war going on in Syria.

Previously, My husband and I prepared a blueprint for establishing a foundation that would be directed towards helping the needy, poor and disable in the world.
This plan was still in the incubation stage rearing for activation before the brief illness caused by auto-crash that terminated the life of my late husband which left me in this debilitating state. My late husband deposited the sum of $18,000,000.00 US dollars

(EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in a Finance House. Presently, this money is still in the finance house.

However, I am writing from my sick bed, and looking for a credible person to whom I will pass the right of next of kin. Although we have not meet before. I have gotten your email address on International Business Directory and my confidence reposed on you. After my seven days fasting and praying.So promise me that you can not run away with this fund when it get to your position.

I hope you will read this message carefully and reply me immediately because my doctor told me that I have limited days to live due to the stroke and cancerous problems I am suffering now.

So, I have decided to hand over this fund to you since I can not be able to carry the work due to my sickness.
Please use this gift which comes from my husband's effort to fund the less privileged, widows, orphans, motherless Babies and disabled In your country.

I have mapped out 30% of the fund for you. So take it. If you can accomplish my late husband and my will in your country for remembrance of our lives well spent on earth.

Then utilize 70% of this fund for charity work as stated above but in our names on the sign board please: [ MRS. FADILAH MOHAMMED & LATE MR. ABDULAH MOHAMMED FOUNDATION].

Hereby however, you have to assure me that you will use the Funds as I have explained here, and to keep this matter confidential till when this funds get to your personal account in your country. I cannot predict what will be my faith by the time the funds will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that the funds is used as I have stated above. Your interest to execute this assignment for the sake of the needy in your country would interest me most as I am convinced that I have only few weeks to stay here on earth.

If this condition is acceptable by you. Reply as soon as possible.

I do not want my husband hard earned money to be misused, I want you to always pray for me.

Thank you and Allah bless you!!



your`s sincerely,

Fadilah Mohammed
e-mail: lisa_uk11@ymail.com



Note: This transaction is 100% Legal and hitch-free. All documents that back you up are with me. So fear nothing..
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