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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mrs Noor <ms.nr.hy@gmail.com>
Reply-To: msnrhdy@yahoo.com.my
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 04:48:03 +0000
Subject: Good morning.

Dear beloved.

Please forgive my intrusion into your privacy; I am Mrs. Noor Hidayah,
a Malaysian widow suffering from illness cancer, i have some funds
that i inherited from my late loving husband, the sum of $950,000.00
which i deposited in a bank here in Burkina Faso where we reside
permanently, I need a honest person that can use these funds for the
work of charity, I found your email address from the internet while
searching for whom to help me fulfill my last wish, you will take 30%
of this fund for your faithful time/commitment.

I took this decision because i don't have any child that will inherit
this fund. and i don't want a situation where by this money will go to
bank treasury when Iâ€™m no more alive as the cancer is getting to
critical stage; please able to use this fund exactly as i said, reply
quickly with your information's as stated below let me forward them to
the bank for the transfer now that i have access to internet. This is
no stolen money and there are no dangers involved,100% RISK FREE with
full legal proof that the fund exist for real,

Bank Account Details,
Your International Passport or ID card,
Telephone Number.

Thanks for Your Help
Mrs Noor Hidayah

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