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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: admin@projectsupport.name
Reply-To: michealshaw@projectsupport.name
Date: Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:00:42 +0100
Subject: (no subject)

The Beneficiary, Mary Khalid Foundation.


FINAL NOTIFICATION


Please confirm your receipt of this mail because previous
correspondences have been sent to you but we did not get any response
from you. Bear in mind that no execution will be carried out without the
endorsement of Mr. Bernd Koch a lawyer /certified mediator.

On-behalf of the Trustees and Executors of the Will of late Mrs Mary
Khalid, I wish to notify you that you were listed as a beneficiary to
the bequest of the sum of US$1.3M [One Million Three Hundred Thousand US
Dollars] in the codicil and last testament of the deceased.

The late Mrs Mary Khalid until his death was a former Managing Director
and pioneer staff of a big construction company in China and later
invested in poultry farm and rice. He established herself as a wealthy
farmer in Asia and Middle East where he exported rice and other poultry
produce. He was a very dedicated woman and a great philanthropist during
his lifetime.

He involved himself in helping people by giving investable loans in
agriculture and other ventures. Late Mrs Mary Khalid died on 9th June
2006 at the age of 78.


She has since been buried on the 23rd of June 2006. She was a Kuwait,
Lived in Israel all through his active years but later moved down to
France due to long term illness, where he later died in a specialist
hospital in France.


She was married but without a child and lost HER Husband in 1986 during
the gulf war and her son killed in cold blooded during that same war.
she said in his words as stated in her last testament that "it is my
desired wish to see that the poor and less privileged are given
assistance by any means and limit this token could go, especially in
Asia, Africa and South America having seen it all myself".

She therefore advised that this amount be "invested and then part of the
Proceeds be used in the work of humanity and development of evangelism".
I hereby request that you forward your current telephone for further
discussion and your correct forwarding address to enable us file
necessary documents of claims. Please inform me if you did receive this
notification this time or to Mr. Bernd Koch avocberndkoch@aim.com
France




Yours faithfully,
Michael shaw
michealshaw@projectsupport.name

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