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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: Aisha Usmann <Victor@artacurateniei.md>
Reply-To: <aishacmutassim@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 14:06:55 +0100
Subject: Dear Joe; Message from Aisha - Dr Nelson in Syria

Subject: Attn: Sir; Message from Aisha - Dr Nelson in Syria

Dear Sir,

My name is Aisha Usman, a 38 years old Syrian National. I am a widow
to Late Dr. Nelson Ndove, Illinious Born Diplomatic Envoy in about 5
countries namely: France, Syria, the U.K,Ivory Coast and Benin.

My husband late Dr Nelson was on board and died in the 8 March 2014
missing Malaysian Airlines plane, flight MH370, which had 239 people
on board (See for more information
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26503141 )

We got married in the UK and had 2 children, a son Jerry Ahmed and a
daughter Asma, Our son was murdered in cold blood by the military
soldiers of President
Bashar Al-Assad October 7, 2015. With the death of my husband and son,
life is no more
worth living for me; life is worthless for me, irrespective of the
fact that my Late
husband left me inheritance of 6.5 Mio USD which is currently in an
European Bank. My
health condition is getting worse everyday and I feel very tired. We
are planning to
travel to move into Germany or Greece in coming days or weeks because
there is no security for my daughter and I here.

I need help because I do not wish for my daughter to suffer or even to
die in this
horrible place. I do not know what will happen next to me/us because
many have died due
to hunger, sickness, stampeding, all sorts of things. I got your
information from
your website and my heart believes you can save us from this horrible
suffering. We are
willing to offer you handsome percent of the funds as payment for
your
help.

We wish to move the funds to your country for proper investment for
mutual benefit, and
for the work of God-helping or doing charity to the less-privileged
and other refugees who
in suffering like us at this time. Most importantly, I want you to be
a foster father to
my daughter, she has never been herself since the news of her father's
death. I sincerely
hope I can trust you because I have not informed anybody about my
intentions except you. I
want you to keep this confidential. I can not call you because we are
having difficulties
making calls at the refugee camp here, please bear with me.

If I find favor in your sight and you want to help me, please contact
me through email with your contact details such as : 1-Full Contact
Address
2. Working Telephone numbers 3- Your Photo Identity

As soon as I get this, I will send you my Syrian Passport ID as well
as connect/link you
to the Bank in whose custody is the money, so you can open up
communication with them to retrieve/claim the money on behalf of my
family. Please always remember us in your prayers for my health and
our safety here.

Thanks and God bless you.

Yours Sincerely,
Aisha

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