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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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Fraud email example:

From: Leen Kadar <"leenkadar."@room.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: kaderleen@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:26:12 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear Friend, This is Leen Kadar

Attn: My Dear friend,

My quest to locate a responsible friend and partner to bring my dreams to a reality, hence l took this bold step to contact you through this medium and I would not like you to take an offense that l am bothering you since you do not know me neither have we met before.

My name is Mrs. Leen Kadar, I am 66 years old Qatari – US citizens; I am married to Dr. Alan Kadar who worked with Qatar embassy in Japan for nine years before we relocated to Utah, USA after our resignation in 2002 before my husband died in 2011. We were both married for 32 years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both involved in charity services. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of $3.2 Million in the Bank, and presently, this money is still invested in the Bank.

Recently, my doctors told me that I would not last for the next two months due to cancer problems. What disturbs me most is stroke sickness. Having known my condition of health I have decided to donate this fund to charity, orphanage or an individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in. I want an individual that will use 80 % of these fund for charity, orphanages and widows and to ensure that these set of people are well maintained.

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are well of and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by them.

As I do not want a situation whereby this money will be used in an ungodly manner, Hence the reasons for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death because l has lived a fulfilled life. As it is right now, I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health and also due to the presence of some of my relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development; if you do as good a job, I will give you authorization letter, the “WILL” which can be used by you as legal evidence and information to contact the Bank regarding this matter.

I have lived a fulfilled life, l don’t have any regrets in life. I will offer you US$640,000 (20 %) of this total amount for your work's compensation, and My God will give you perfect peace to donate to the needy. Please, i need you to respond to me urgent.

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Leen Kadar
Reply via Email: kaderleen@yahoo.com

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