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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: "Hajia Sidiqot." <fatimaumarh1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: sidiqotumar4430@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 10:03:39 -0700
Subject: HELLO

Peace be unto you,

My name is Hajia Sidiqot, I am married to late Mr Alhaj Sadd Umar, A
Saudi Arabian nationality who has worked as a geologist in a mining company
in MALAYSIA. My husband has been dead since 5 years ago. Before the death
of my
husband we are both married for 44 years but sorrowfully no child has
come our way. We are both barren through out our lives but my husband
does not abide to the suggestion of adopting a child till he died.

But before he died, he deposited $7.5 million dollars with a security
company for a safe keeping in the republic of MALAYSIA. Since my husband
died, i have been taking my time to look for a profitable business to
invest the money on before i become terribly tired and sick. My doctor
told me I would not survive after the next five weeks. Because i am
suffering from heart/kidney cancer which i have been infected with for
the past 30 years.

When i had no one to take over the property left behind, I intend to
donate this money out to an unknown person who will utilize the money
very well. I will be happy to give you this money so that half of it
can help you in any of your ongoing project, and also you will donate
half of it to the Charity Organization around you. I will be happy if
you accept this because it is a gift that I am willing to give out
without asking anything in return.

As i have said i have no much time to use on earth, so reply me back
as soon as possible to direct you on how you will get the money before
my time is up.

Regards.
Hajia Sidiqot.
Please Reply To My Email Address: sidiqotumar4430@yahoo.com

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