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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 Afnan Alhawaj <mrsafnan.alhawaj1@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 02:08:17 +0100
Subject: Greetings from Mrs Afnan Alhawaj.


Assalamu alaikum

Greeting in the name of Almighty Allah The Most Beneficent The Most Merciful

Please don’t be surprise by receiving my message, I am currently sending
you this mail from my sick bed in the hospital despite my critical
condition But don't worry, All i hope is that you will not betray this
trust and confident that I am about to repose on you. I have to thank Allah
this moment for his direction as regards this mission,

I am Mrs. Afnan Alhawaj a Muslim convert from United States Of America, I
am married to Late Mr.Majid Alhawaj who is a wealthy business man here in
U.S.A we were married for many years without a child before he died after
a brief illness

Before his sudden death we were devoted Muslim When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of Five Million US Dollars (US$5.000.000.00)
Presently this money is still with the Bank, and i am very sick from Kidney
cancer that i may not last till the next two months according to my doctor
so i decided to donate this money to a honest individual who will use it to
work for Allah, orphans, widow and maintenance of mosque to fulfill the vow
i and my late husband made to Allah, and i have chosen you after praying,

I want this money to be used as i have said since i do not have any child
to inherit it and our relatives are all unbelievers and i don't want our
hard earn money to be use in ungodly way you will take 15% of this fund and
use 85% as i stated,

the reason for taking this bold decision. I know that after death I will be
with Allah the most merciful as soon as i read from you i will give you
more details on how to achieve it,

I need your urgent reply as i don’t know what tomorrow will result

Your Sister in Islam
Mrs Afnan Alhawaj.

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