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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: titus.munyao@uonbi.ac.ke
Reply-To: princessalsaud101@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2017 12:58:11 +0300
Subject: Good News( 16,143,728.00 US Dollars Donation to you)




Dear Friend,

I am Princess Aisha Jana Al Saud from Uzbekistan , married to Crown
Prince Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud who worked with MULTINATIONAL OIL
COMPANY EXXON AS A DRILLING RIG SUPPLIER for 29 years and also Minister
of Defense in Saudi Arabia before he died on the 22nd of August, 2011. We
were married for twenty four years without a child. He died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death, he
deposited the sum of 16,143,000.00 Millions Us Dollar with a bank In
United Arab Emirate and this fund is presently with the bank awaiting
my disbursement as beneficiary and next of kin to the funds.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next eight
months due to cancer problem.Right now i have converted to christian my
inlaw want to take this fund from me.Having known my condition, I decided
to donate this fund to a church, organization or good person that will
utilize this money in good faith.


I await your reply to my private email :
princessalsaud102@outlook.com

Princess Aisha Jana Al Saud




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