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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. Amina Abdul Hasib" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrs.amina@bahrainians.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 03:13:06 +0400
Subject: Asalaam Alaykum ...Peace Be Upon You!

Asalaam Alaykum ...Peace Be Upon You!

I am Mrs. Amina Abdul Hasib a citizen of Bahrain but currently residing in the United Kingdom. I was married to Late Abdul Hasib of blessed memory who was an oil explorer in Iraq and Libya for twelve years before he died in the year 2009. We were married for twelve years and we had a child "Latif"; Our Child Latif suffered from speech impairness and later affected with stroke and die at 4 years old. Because of this tragic death of our only son, my husband became mentally ill and later died. Since his death I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he deposited a substantial amount of money worth US$5.5Million with a bank in the United Kingdom which was save for our son but after our son's death and my husband death I became the beneficiary of this sum of money.

Recently, my doctor told me that I have only 2 month to live due to my ailment. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to either a charity/orphanage home or devoted Allah (God) fearing individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct therein. I want this organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund charity homes (motherless homes), orphanages, and widows. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husbands relatives are into radical organization sponsoring Islamist organisations, terrorism and I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an unholy manner, hence the reasons for this bold decision. Please, pray for me to recover as your prayers will go a long way in uplifting my spirit.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you further directives on what to do and how to go about actualizing this project. I will also instruct my lawyer to file an application on your behalf to the bank where the funds were deposited for the transfer of the money to you for this purpose. I want you to always pray for me. Any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for an organization or a devoted Individual for this same purpose.

Until I hear from you by email; my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders.

Remain blessed,
Mrs. Amina Abdul Hasib

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