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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: "Amnia Maharaj" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Anitawellz@Gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 12:47:31 +0100
Subject: Urgent Assistance Needed.

Urgent Assistance.
    
Hello dear,
    
My name is Mrs. Amnia Maharaj. I am from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and I am 69years old. I got your email address from Google and my confidence reposed on you.  Although we have not met before, but I suggest that this message will bring us together.
     
I am the wife of late Engr. Taran Maharaj, a citizen of India who based here in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and worked with Riyadh Refinery, Saudi Arabia for twenty two years before he died in the year 2013. We are married without any children. My late husband died after a brief illness that lasted for two months.
 
I have been diagnosed with a deadly disease on my Lungs called Lung & Bronchus CANCER, but the one that disturbs me most is my partial stroke sickness and from my doctors report, I have only few weeks to live as my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that my death is very close to me as I can see my life quickly ebbing away. The stage is worst more than two months now and I have been hospitalized which affected my ability to talk. Based on doctors report and my poor health condition, am scared that my life is almost at the end.
     
My dear, the reason I am contacting you is because, when my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of #3.5 Million Pounds with Keystone Bank Limited, UK and the management of Keystone Bank have contacted me to receive my late husband fund or have the account confiscated. But due to my health condition and life status at this moment, I do not want this fund as I see no need for it but I can authorize someone I trust to receive this fund on my behalf.
 
My dear, the main reason I am contacting you is because I want you to help me and receive this #3.5 Million Pounds from the Keystone Bank UK and distribute the money to some orphanages home in India for the happiness of my late husband and I, when my spirit shall go to rest. You are free to take any amount from this #3.5 Million Pounds as earning from me and distribute the rest of the fund to orphanages home in India.
    
I took this decision because I do not have a child to inherit the fund and my wish has been to donate the fund to some orphanages home in India because it is my late husband country of origin.
      
If I receive your reply, I will contact the Keystone Bank UK and instruct them to release the fund to you and the Bank will contact you and release this money to you immediately. This is REAL. This is not a money laundering. It is my fund and I wish to donate it to some orphanages home in India because it is my late husband country of origin.
      
Meanwhile, any delay in your reply will give me room to contact another person for this same purpose. I expect your prompt reply and wish you will put me in your prayers hence forth.
   
Please contact me on my direct email address: Anitawellz@Gmail.com
   
I am waiting for your reply.
        
Thanks and God bless you.
      
Mrs. Amnia Maharaj.

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