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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. Fayrah Homoud;" <mrsfayrahhomoud@gmail.com>
Reply-To: homoudmrsfayrah@yandex.com
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2014 21:26:55 GMT
Subject: Greetings my belove one!!

Dear Friend,



Greetings in the name of God,Please let this not sound strange to you. I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. I am Mrs Fayrah Homoud from United Kingdom. I am married to Late Dr. Ghassan Homoud of blessed memory who was oil explorer in Qatar and Brunei for ten years before he died in the year 2011.

We were married for ten years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were committed to each other and respect each others interest. Since his death, I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems, my doctor told me that I have few months to live due to my cancer problem, and this lead to a stroke attack which bothers me most through because I cannot move as I use to.

Having known my condition I decided to seek for your help. I am in search of a devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I prayed and got your email id from your country guestbook. When my late Husband was alive he Deposited the sum of $7.4Million (Seven Million Four Hundred United States Dollars) in a Finance Firm under my name, the money is deposited as Family Valuables/Treasure for security and family reasons.

So if you are willing to help me for this work: 5% of the US$7.4 million goes to you to ensure that you are prepared for the task ahead, 85% of it will be used in all sincerity to fund philanthropic organization, orphanages and widows, while 5% of the fund will be used for legal and attorney fees and the 10% will used for expenses in establishing good investment. I am taking this decision because the relatives of my husband have confiscated other of our wealth without giving any to the needy.

Based on that I don't want to entrust this fund to any of them as I have no child while I cannot take the fund to the grave. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in inappropriate manner. Since my health is retrogressing by all minute, so my dear please do get back to me and let me know if you are willing to carry out this work. Then I will make arrangement to prepare the Authorization through an Attorney for you to get Possession of this Fund.

Should you be willing to assist me,kindly furnish me with your full contact details as follows in my email address homoudmrsfayrah@yandex.com:

NAME:__________SURNAME:__________________SEX: _____ AGE: ______MARITAL:_______________COUNTRY: ______CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________PHONE NO#___________FAX

NO#_________________OCCUPATION:______________

As soon as I receive your reply, I will give you the name and contact of the Deposit Finance Firm where the fund is deposited, I pray that this letter bring you and your family good tiding while my dreams to help humanity rest squarely on your shoulders.


Do remember me in your prayers because that is what I needed most for now.

Remain Blessed,
Mrs. Fayrah Homoud.


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