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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: Imtisal Lail Abdallah <imtisallail@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Imtisal Lail Abdallah <imtisallail@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 08:16:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?5oKo5aW977yM?=


您好,
我的名字是Imtisal Lail阿卜杜拉太太,我是56岁的女人,我是合法结婚晚Alhaji-先生穆罕默德·卡西姆·阿卜杜拉。我和我的已故丈夫那里塞尔维亚在欧洲公民和我们在这里住在西非(科特迪瓦)在过去的17年前。我已故的丈夫曾与一个石油钻井公司作为一个外籍很多年之前就死了。我和我的已故丈夫都是结婚没有自己的一个亲生孩子。通过(Fatim)我们信谁现在是12岁的。

我现在有一个严重的乳腺癌疾病和我写此消息与医生的帮助下在这里的医院。当我的丈夫还活着,他存入的一百五十万计美元(1.500.000.00 $)的总和今天我联系你,因为我的私人医生只是告诉我,我的乳癌病已经得到最差,他们将开展一个严重的癌症手术在我的心脏在这个月,我可能无法生存,如果我我的手术过程中死亡,该银行将侵吞资金,因为我没有其他亲属认领的钱,因为我是通过和我已故的丈夫结了婚。我想追查我的家人,但​​我所有的努力都是徒劳的。

所以,我们知道我的情况,我决定捐出这个基金给你,让你将用它来把我的女儿(Fatim)照顾得很好。也使用了一些人道主义和慈善活动,如孤儿院,医院等,请告诉我,你会采取相应的行动正如我所说此处。资金总量的20%是你的补偿。
此致。
太太Imtisal Lail。

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