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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: Aisha Bin Usman <aisha_binus@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 06:17:01 -0700
Subject: Dearest




>From Aisha Usman
C/O: Refugee camp
Gaza Stripe.


Assallam Alaikum,Waramathula Wal barakathum and may the peace of merciful
Allah be with you,please I have a problem and i decided it is good a thing to
write you.
Be bless in the name of Allah and sorry to intrude into your privacy.As i hope
that this mail meet you in good sense of mind.
Please read this mail gently and try to absorb the content therein as this is
not one of any such mail you read but i have prayed and fasted irrespective to
my present predicament believing God that i shall meet the right person that
will be sincere,faithful and God fearing.
Firstly, i wish to introduce myself as Aisha Usman ,The Daughter of (Late AL-MASRI BIN USMAN.) Who lost his life in the course of the crisis here in GAZA-PALESTINE on the 24th of July this year during Israeli bomb attack to PALESTINE, which claim the lives of my family members and left me without any body to lien on .
My father willed in cash, the sum of $8.7 Million US Dollars which he put in a trunk box and deposited with a bank in (LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM ) and with enabling conditions for the release of the fund which are
as follows.
(1) That I must be 23 years or above.
(2) That upon request for the release of the fund, there must be intentions
of investment especially outside the PALESTINE.
I contacted you therefore to confirm if you can accept me into your life as my guardian and possibly advise me on any investment opportunity in your country. If after this mail you get back to me and I reach agreement
with you, the Bank/Finance firm will release the consignment into your care and I will come over to you to commence business partnership with you and the fund.
Please forgive me if you find this message offended in anyway, but i am just searching for assistance, because i have lost all my people during this crisis here.
I expect your urgent response with assurance that you will help me.
God Bless You.
Yours Sincerely,
Aisha Usman

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