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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: Zinab Hadi <phillipbongo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: zinabhadi44@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2018 20:33:31 +0000
Subject: Help The Orphanage....

* Hello Friend., *

*Hello my name is Mrs Zinab Hadi,who was married to Late Mr.John Hadi, who
was an an oil merchant here in DUBAI,United Arab Emirates before he died in
the year 2010. We were married for eighteen years without a child. Before
he died, we deposited the sum of $2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION USD) in a Bank
and this money is still with the Bank till today.In 2014, i started
suffering Lung and bronchial cancer problems and hearing
impairments.Recently, my Doctor told me that I will die in the next three
months because of the complications with the cancer problem.*

*Therefore I decided to donate this money to a reliable individual who will
use this $2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION USD) to build orphanage and help the
poor. So i decided to seek for your consent so that i will bequeath the
$2,000,000.00 (TWO MILLION USD) to you for this project.I want you to
receive this funds in good faith and use this money in all sincerity to
fund a memorial foundation in my late husband's name that will benefit the
orphanage, widows and the destitute. I hope you will not disappoint me in
using this money to help the poor in your country.*

*I am taking this decision because I do not have any child that will
inherit this money and my husband's relatives has been very hostile and
unkind to me since after my husband's death. I do not have any trace to any
of my family relatives because my parents eloped to United Kingdom due to
war and never mentioned home till they all died. If i do not will this
money to anyone, the Bank will take it. So i want to bequeath it to you so
that you can use it to help the poor in your country.*

*If you are willing to accept this money from me, please get back to me.*

*Mrs Zinab Hadi.,*

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