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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: lisa mohammed <afia.cecilia23@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 09:06:04 -0700
Subject: waiting to hear from you

Dearest in Allah,


May the love of Allah remain constantly In your life.. May the holy spirit
go before you to direct you and guide you.
I am Mrs. Lisa 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 2012 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 and 10% for any expenses that
might be incur duing the process of this transaction . If you can
accomplish my late husband and my will in your country for remembrance of
our lives well spent on earth.

Then utilize 60% of this fund for charity work as stated above but in our
names on the sign board please: [ MRS. LISA 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!!


Here is my EMAIL ADDRESS


mohammed.lisa54@gmail.com

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