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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: Hussein Waheeda <husseinwaheeda@ymail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 02:31:38 -0700
Subject: kindly get back to me


My Dear beloved


Please are you truly a teacher seeking for a job? I was searching for job seekers in asia site I come across your profile and I believe that your
profile has say a lot about you and your humility to your job will surely bring favor for you.


My name is MRS. Hussein Waheeda am a Saudi Arabia citizen grow up in turkey, I am suffering from cancer for so many years now.  From all
indication now my condition is deteriorating and its quite obvious that i might not live long, because the cancer stage is now very severe  As the
doctor have said.


i am contacting you base on pains and sorrow am passing through since the missing of my only son in the Malaysia airline am dying in pains and  my
heart is full of grief.


I have suffered allot of pains in this sickness and so much lonely here, in this my condition and i will not wish same for anyone that I know ,That
is why I want to help the poor and i believe as a jobseeker i can put a change in your life and in your family.


i have 1 million euro which i have managed all these while before i became sick and diagnose to die soon.  This money is deposit with a security
institution here in European.


i believe you have put impart in life of many people and you can use this money in changing the life of people around you and also start a new life.


Kindly tell me more about you and also inform the children around you both in the church to pray for me and also to ask God to bring back my son back
to me.


Am right now in cancer clinic in London, please kindly reply back to enable me all about you and how to instruct the financial security
institution to transact the found to you .


Get back to me immediately or you ask me to give it to someone

I believe God can change your life with this

God bless you
Hussein Waheeda

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