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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: azita barzin <azitabarzin04@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 13:32:07 +0100
Subject: please help

GOODDAY,

I am AZITA BARZIN, who is presently in a hospital because of Kidney problem
and Stroke sickness , I am CHILDLESS, I can not do anything of my own, can't
talk much, because of my condition,I get help from the nurses here in the
hospital.

I PLEAD YOUR pardon, I inherited the sum of $4,200,000 MILLION U.S DOLLAR
from my LATE HUSBAND , ABDULu RAMIZ BARZIN, blessed memory who is an oil
explorer in ivory_coast(coatdu avoir) for twelve years .We were married for
eighteen years without a child . He died after a brief illness that lasted
for only four days, last 6 years ago, as I am suffering for Kidney problem
and Stroke sickness, I am a afraid to die leaving my late husband wealth
unclaimed.

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO HELP ME WITHDRAW THIS TREASURE AS MY BENEFICIARY.

As soon as you receive the boxes you should take 40% for your self and your
entire family, while you will come to help me with only $100.000.00 and 60%
is what you will be use to build churches in the memory of my late husband
and distribute the rest to charity or either a religious organization, or
victims of war, or earthquake or flood victims around the world.

I will like to have the below information of yours.

Your Full Name
Your Contact Address
Your Age / Sex
Your Occupation ( what you do )
Your Tel. Phone Number

As soon as I receive your reply,I will issue a letter of authority to the
Finance Company au
thorizing them that the said Fund have been willed to you.ok
Azita Barzin

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