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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:
- This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
- This email message is a "dying widow" scam.
Fraud email example:
From: Mrs Ahalam Abdul <mr.brownrobinson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ahalam201@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 22:50:52 +0200
Subject: Assalamu Alaikum.
*Assalamu Alaikum.Dear Thank you for your mail and i will appreciate your
fast respond to my email I am Mrs Ahalam Abdulhq Ali from London United
Kingdom I am married to Late Mr Abdulhaq Ali of blessed memory who was a
well known Gold dealer from Kuwait to London for through out his life
before he died in the year 2010. We where married for 11 years without a
child.Before his sudden death we where devoted Muslims When my late husband
was alive he deposited the sum of One Million British Pound Sterling (£
1.000.000.00 GBP) in a fix deposit account with one of the banks there in
London using my name as the beneficiary since we could not bear a
child,Presently this money is still with the bank in United Kingdom and i
am very sick from cancer of the lug despite the fibroid and tumor which
denied me a child when my husband was alive as a result i may not last till
the next two months according to my doctor report so i want to donate to a
Muslims organization or individual who will use it to work for Allah and i
have chose you after making several praying consultations.I want this money
to be sheared among the next privileged since i do not have a child to
inherit it and my late husband relatives are all Non-believers and i don't
want my husbands heard earn money to be used by unbelievers since I am sure
that they will not utilize the money in the way I have directed to.Hence
the reason for taking this bold decision.I know that after death I will be
with Allah the most holy and the most merciful. It is a very important
confidential massage that i will like to tell you more about it so get in
touch with me so that i can fully detail you what i choose you for and as
well give you a little knowledge on how to achieve it.Any delay in your
respond will give me room to seek for another Moslems organization or
individual for this same purpose.Until i hear from you my dreams lay hugely
on your shoulders I am waiting to read from you soon.Mrs Ahalam*
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