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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: Astou Ali <astouali1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Astou Ali <astouali2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2015 08:47:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Mrs Astou Ali
Assalamu Alaikum.
Dear Thank you for your mail and i will
appreciate your fast respond to my email I am Mrs Astou ALI from London
United Kingdom I am married to Late Mr Ibrahim 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 2011. 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 Three
Million Two Hundred Thousand British Pound Sterling (£ 3.200.000.00
GBPS) 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 lung 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 Charitable 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 Astou Ali
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