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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: "Mr Nasir Muhammad" <valino@mundivia.es>
Reply-To: nasirmuhammad564@rocketmail.com
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:26:57 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Charity Donation !!!!


Hello,
My name is MR Nasir Muhammad a Crude Oil merchant in IRAN,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, 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 Allah gives me a second chance to come to this world I would
live my life a different way from how I have lived it. I want Allah to be
merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on
earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in
Austria, Cameroon, Liberia,Algeria and Malaysia. 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 fifteen million
dollars $15,000,000,00 that I have with a Bank abroad. I will want you to
help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organization. I
have set aside 10% for you and for your time. Allah be with you.
MR Nasir Muhammad.


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