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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: Nimah Mubarak Mustafa <nimah.mubarak1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Nimah Mubarak Mustafa <nimah.mubarak@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2016 06:37:33 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Mrs .Nimah Mubarak Mustafa


Assalamualaikum,

My greetings to you in the name of Prophet:
Mohammed Ibn Abudullah The Most Gracious and Most Merciful, I would want
us to know each other before trust because I was sent to contact you by
the spirit of Allah Gods for his works that he called me to do in your
Country, but I'm looking for Allah fearing person i can trust and give
him or her the opportunity to
serve the needy once in Islamic World.  if you are the person!! Then,
note that there are six things the Allah hates, seven that are
detestable to him:() Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed
innocent blood,() A heart that
devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil, () A
false witness who pours out lies and a person who stirs up conflict in
the community.

With Due Respect And
Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground.

My
name is Mrs .Nimah Mubarak Mustafa I am from Baltimore Maryland; I am
married to Engr. Mubarak Mustafa  who has been in the petrol and
chemical engineering in Ivory Coast Company before he retired and died
in the 2013 after a Cardiac Arteries Operation.

We were married
for 34 years without a child. And recently, My Doctor told me that I
would not last for the next six months due to my cancer problem (cancer
of the lever and stroke). When my late husband was alive he deposited
the sum of $25. 9. Million in one of the finance firm here in Abidjan
capital of Cote d'Ivoire for safe keeping.

Presently this money
is still in the Vault of the finance firm. Having known my condition I
decided to hand over this money to your care and if you know that you
will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct you herein, I
will be very happy to do so ensh
Allah.

I will want you to use this money according to the desire
of my late husband, to use it for the help of the less privileged,
orphanages, and using it to propagating the word of Allah.

 
I
want you to know that I took this decision because I don’t have any
child that will inherit this money, and I don’t want this money to be
used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision to hand
you over this money to your hand.

I am not afraid of death hence I
know where I am going. I want you to always remember me in your daily
prayers because of my upcoming Cancer Surgery.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I have stated herein. Hope to receive your urgent reply.

Due
to the present condition of my health, I have been warned by my doctor
to avoid receiving or making any call. You should always reach me
through my address.

 

Yours Sincerely

Mrs .Nimah Mubarak
Mustafa

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