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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. Nadine Akbar" <kbar_0405@inbox.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Nadine Akbar" <kbar_0405@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2015 00:06:26 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Thank you for making out time to read my message


Greetings My Friend,
Thank you for making out time to read my message,

I
hope today finds you in good health. I am Mrs. Nadine Akbar an aging
widow suffering from a long time illness. My doctor confirmed that i
have to be admitted into the hospital so that my medical status can be
monitored for some times before the surgery date will be confirmed, I
have a charity project plan to finance an organization who takes care of
the poor, the less privileged and widows. i intend to sponsor these
firm with some fund I inherited from my late loving husband Dr. Hussein
Akbar who was a cocoa merchant in ivory coast for twenty five years, the
sum of Four Million, Five Hundred thousand United state of American
Dollars which he deposited in the BANK of Africa.


I need a
very sincere, honest and God fearing individual or Organization that can
use this fund for the good work of God with faith, by showing love to
the less privilege, orphans and widows in the communities. I have
decided to give out these fund for charity purpose because i do not have
any child who will inherit this fund, it was also my late husband's
dream to invest in the less privilege, orphans and widows before his
untimely death.


i found your email address from the internet
last week while i was going through some of my late husband's files
online and decided to contact you today.

promise me it will bear my Late husband's First Name  AKBAR
Remain blessed in the Lord.
Mrs. Nadine Akbar

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