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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. Diba Ahmadi" <mrsdibaahmadi2@gmail.com>
Reply-To: diba_ahmadi2@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2018 00:17:41 +0800
Subject: CHARITY WORK,

From Mrs. Diba Ahmadi,
Attention: Dear beloved,

My names are Mrs. Diba Ahmadi, the only wife of late Mr. Ashraf Ahmadi, from syria who
worked with Burkina Faso government as a contractor for may years before meeting his
death after brief illness, During his life time he deposited the sum of ($5,200,000)
Five million two hundred thousand us dollars in a bank in Ouagadougou the capital city
of Burkina Faso,

I am sending this message to you praying that it will reach you in good health, since I
myself are not in good health condition in which I sleep every night without knowing if
I may be alive to see the next day. I am suffering from long time cancer and presently i
am partially suffering from a stroke illness which has become almost impossible for me
to move around. I am married to my late husband for over ten years before he died and is
unfortunately that we don't have a child, my doctor confided in me that i have less
chance to live. Having known my health condition, I decided to contact you to claim the
fund since I don't have any relation I grow up from the orphanage home,


It is practically impossible to contact anybody in my country to handle the transaction
because of the crisis. This is the reason I need your services to stand as my next of
kin or an executor to claim the funds for charity purposes. If this money remains
unclaimed after my death, the bank executives or the government will take the money as
unclaimed fund and maybe use it for selfish and worthless ventures, I need a very honest
and God fearing person who can claim this money and use it for Charity works, for
orphanages, widows and also build schools for less privilege that will be named after my
late husband if possible i need your urgent answer to know if you will be able to
execute this project, and I will give you more information on how the fund will be
transferred to your bank account.

Thanks & Best Regards,
Mrs. Diba Ahmadi,

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