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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: "Mrs. Qaribah Wafa" <investconsult@clarofree.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: aafiyaann_qaribah@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 09:05:54 -0500
Subject: CHARITY FUND ( CAN I TRUST YOU)


Hello Friend,

Greetings to you and your family,

Attention: Sir/Madam,

It is very deep touch & sincerity to write to you in this regard. Please
i did not mean to disturb your privacy. But i came across your contact
through my internet search when i was searching for my old school
friend, then i get your contact and i was touched in my mind to contact
with you concerning my fund investment proposal. As you read this, I
don't want you to feel sorry for me because i believe everyone will die
someday. I am Mrs. Qaribah Ann Wafa, the wife of late Mohammad Hamada
Wafa, who was the leader of peaceful Islamic demonstration movement here
in Damascus-Syria & also the crude oil merchant . Before the civil war
started my husband promise us that we will travel out of the country to
start a new life. I lost my entire family in the Car bombing attack last
years June 2013 which my five years old & my beloved husband was killed
by the suicide bombers. Damascus is no longer inhabitable due to wave of
bombings, assassinations, rapes and all kinds of crime going on at night
and the city is rotting with the abandon corps.

I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer . It has defiled 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 woman, 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 aims to charity organization, as I want this to be
one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

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 and Pakistan, 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 (Ten Million & Two hundred Thousand
united states dollars that I have with a Prime bank in Aboard . I will
want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity
organizations. I shall be compensating you with 35% of the total sum on
final conclusion of this project for your assistance, as I have also
thought of doling out 50% to charity organization from your locality
based on your recommendation another 5% for the services of the lawyer
.I will be grateful if you will humbly aspect a poor widow offer for help.

Please always communication with me through my contact Email Address
(aafiyaann_qaribah@yahoo.com.hk), Am very sorry that i can't call you
because of my ill health at the moment. Please feel free to ask any
question if you did not understand anything, i will stand to tell you
more ok.

Thanks and may God bless you and your family Amen.

Mrs. Qaribah Ann Wafa

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