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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: mohed salif <mrsmohedsalif@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mohed salif <mrsmohedsalif@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2017 02:45:03 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Kindly read and reply me fast


From  Mohed Salif


My Dear,

I
am the lady, Mohed Salif  from Kuwait to a widow late Mr. Ranji Salif I
am 68 years old, I am suffering from long-term breast, all indication
my conditions cancer is really deteriorating and is pretty obvious that I
would not live more than three months, my doctors riding accommodation,
and in all aspects of medical tests indication, this is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad scenario that there is hope for me
to be a living person again,

My late husband was killed during
the raid against terrorism in France Ivory Coast, and during the period
of our marriage we could not produce any child, my husband was very
wealthy and after his death, inherited all his business and wealth.
doctors have advised me that I can not live

four months, so now decided to divide part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of
the church in America, Africa, As Europe and Asia, I want to donate this funds for charity project and orphanage homes.

I
selected after visiting the website I prayed about it; I am willing to
donate the sum of $3.5 million, to the underprivileged. Please, I want
you to consider the background is lying on a bench in Ivory Coast and in
my statement submitted in an application for the transfer of money on
your behalf.

Finally, I sincerely pray that this money when
transferred will be used for this purpose although I am late then,
because I've come to discover that wealth acquisition without Christ is
vanity and made me promise to God that the fund will be used to build
his temple. The grace of our Lord Jesus, the love of God and the
fellowship of God be with you
and your families hope urgent response.

God bless you.
Ms. Mohed Salif

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