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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: "aishaamani" <aishaamani191@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 19:04:02 +0900 (KST)
Subject: allah bless you,



asalaam alaikum,   allah bless you,
 allah bless you,
peace be to you allah bless you,i am aisha amani wife to late mr, musa ali amani. suffering from long time kidney infection  ,my conditions is bad that i may not live up to 3 months, according to my doctors the kidney infection   has gotten to a very bad stage.i  am a widow ,i have no issue of child,my late husband was  a very wealthy business man .on the doctors reports that i might not live up to three months.
 i deside to give what i have to the poor and less privillage homes. so i search through the google to see if there is a reliable person outside my country who will help me to give it to the poor or less privilage .the fund is $7.8m u.s dorlar  which my late husband deposited in a bank here . and used it for the care for less privilage homes and the needy in mosques or church .
 the information you need to make the tranffer of this fund to your account once i receive a positive reply from you is ready , and also your assurance that you will not betray this confidence that i am relying in you.to do this work of allah.  i willingly choose you  for this work i  hope that you are a real moslem and you are a truthful someone.i  am waiting for your reply.
 thanks
yours sister
aisha amani


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