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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: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 18:49:03 +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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