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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: Aakifah Wasil <gonnta2143@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Aakifah Wasil <a.wasil46@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2014 02:02:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: From Mrs. Aakifah (Very Urgent)


>From Mrs. Aakifah (Very Urgent)

 
Greetings

I
am Mrs. Aakifah Wasil, I am 68 years old woman, I am suffering from
Pancreatic Cancer. From all indication, my condition is really critical,
and my doctors have courageously told me that I may not live beyond two
months, this is because the cancer stage has reached a critical stage. I
was brought up in a motherless baby's home, and was married to my late
husband for Twenty Five (25) years without a child. But is quite
unfortunately, he died in a fatal motor accident.

Since
his death I decided not to re-marry, My husband deposited the sum of
Six Million Two Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars ($6.200,000.00) in a bank before he died. Presently, this money
is still in the bank, and due to my present health situation, i decided
to donate this funds TO SET UP A CHARITY ORGANIZATION PROJECT.

It
is my last wish to see that this funds will be use TO SET UP A CHARITY
ORGANIZATION in your country. I must let you know that this was a very
hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue because I
have no further option and i have no child.

I
want an honest person or organization that will receive this funds and
handle this project by USING IT TO SET UP A CHARITY ORGANIZATION PROJECT
in your country.

If
you are interested, Please kindly email me so that i can issue an
authorization letter that will help you receive the funds from the bank.
Meanwhile, you will take 30% from the total money as your
compensation to handle this project.

Please, remember to put me in your daily prayers.

Regards
Mrs. Aakifah

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