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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: "Faouzi Fayad" <faouzi2@all.bg>
Date: Thu, 10 May 2018 01:50:32 +0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP FOR CHARITY WORK.


Greetings to you,

How are you? I hope all is well. I apologize by contacting you through this
means. It is indeed my pleasure to write you this letter, which I believe will
be a surprise to you as we have never met before, and I am deeply sorry if I
have in any manner disturbed your privacy. Please forgive this unusual manner of
contacting you. My name is Faouzi Fayad, A Bahraini national. I have been
diagnosed with Esophageal cancer. It has defied all forms of medical treatment,
and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical
experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared
for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never
generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that
was the only thing I cared for.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just
wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me
a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from
how I have lived it. Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of
my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a
few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have
decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the
last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity
organizations in the U.A.E and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so
badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to
close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity
organization in Bulgaria, they refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I
have left for them. The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash
deposit of Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($9,500,000.00 USD)
that I have in a Bank in Abrod. I will want you to help me collect this deposit
and dispatch it to charity organizations.

Upon the receipt of your response, I shall communicate with you, and let you
know the details of the transfer. Whatever your actions and your decision, I
thank you for taking the time to read this email. Waiting to hear from you as
soon as possible. PLEASE SEND YOU REPLY TO MY PRIVATE E-MAIL AT.
ffaouzi1960@gmail.com

Best Regards,

Faouzi Fayad.

--
ALL.BG Mail

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