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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: "KATE AZEER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kateazeer8887@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2014 15:23:31 -0700
Subject: Fund for charity work in your country

Dearly beloved,
 
Calvary greetings to you in the name of Almighty God. I am Mrs Kate Azeer,i am from Coventry in the United Kingdom. I am a widow to the Late Dr Raymond Azeer,the former ambassador of Ghana to Libya. We own Treasure Art Inc and Treasure Crude Oil Marketers, we are very wealthy we have a lot of properties including Shares and houses. I am 62 years old a Christian and my late husband was a muslim and we where living very good. I am suffering from cancer of the Pelvic my condition is serious, according to my doctor it is quite obvious that I may not survive the sickness.
 
My late husband and my only son died in the crash of Swiss air Flight 111 on the 2, of September 1998. After the death of my husband I made up my mind to do the work of God as a missionary. I sold all my husband's properties and shares to enable me raise some money to continue my mission. I raised the sum of 8.5 Million Dollars which I deposited in a security and finance Company in Accra, Ghana. Now that my sickness has gone to this stage, I am scared and I want the fund to be used for the work of God all over the world.
 
I have prayed to God to direct me to an honest person who will receive this fund and utilize it for things that will glorify the name of God, after my prayers, I decided to searched the Internet site and i was divinely directed by God to your profile,I decided to contact you to receive the fund. This is on the condition that you will take only 20% of the fund for while you will distribute the remaining 80% to charity organizations in your community.
 
I can not predict what will be my fate by the time the funds will be transferred into your account, but you should please ensure that the fund is used as I have described above.
 
If you are willing to help me, kindly send me your full name, address, telephone number, age, and a copy of your passport for proper identification.
 
I await your urgent reply on my private email (kateazeer8887@gmail.com)
 
Most sincerely,
Mrs. Kate Azeer

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