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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.Sabah Faran." <sabahfaran@info.com>
Reply-To: sabah_faran01@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 24 May 2014 11:54:48 -0300
Subject: Good day,




Good day,

I am very WORRIED to write you if you will accept my proposal due to the high
rate of scammers on the global Internet, I am Mrs. Sabah Faran a citizen of
Kuwait but currently residing in the United Kingdom. I was married to late
Mamuod Faran of blessed memory who was an Oil Explorer in Kuwait & Russia for
twelve years before he died in the year 2000. We were married for twelve years
without a child; he died after a brief illness that lasted for only four
days.Since his death, I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid
problems. When my late Husband was alive he deposited a substantial amount of
money worth $19.5 Million with a bank in the United Kingdom which I inherited
after his death.Recently, my doctortold me that I have only 3 months to live
due to my ailment. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to
either a charity/orphanage home or devoted God fearing individual that will
utilize this money the way I am going to instruct therein. I want this
organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund charity
homes (Motherless Homes), orphanages, and widows.I took this decision because I
don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husbands relatives are
into radical organization as an unbeliever’s which I don’t want a situation
where this money will be used in an unholy manner,hence the reasons for this
bold decision. Please, pray for me to recover as your prayers will go a long
way in uplifting my spirit.I don’t need any telephone communication in this
regard because of my health condition which has seriously affected my speech
and also because of the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I
don’t want them to know about this development.As soon as I receive your
reply,I shall give you further directives on what to do and how to go about
actualizing this project. I will also instruct my lawyer to file an application
on your behalf to the bank where the funds were deposited for the transfer of
the money to you for this purpose. I want you to always pray for me.Any delay
in your reply will give room in sourcing for an organization or a devoted
Individual for this same purpose.Until I hear from you by email;
Email: sabah_faran01@outlook.com

Remain Blessed.
Yours truly,
Mrs.Sabah Faran.

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