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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: "Nafeesa Musaed"<admin@dealer.com>
Reply-To: <nafeesamusaed@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2017 21:46:14 +0200
Subject: Dearly Beloved Friend

Dearly Beloved Friend,

I bring peace and love to you from Allah and our lord Prophet Muhammad.It is
by the grace of Allah that keep me alive today,Having known the truth,I
had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of Allah
for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of Allahs mercy and
glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Nafeesa Raghda Musaed the wife of Mr. Abraham Musaed from Kuwait,
My husband worked with the Central Bank Of Spain in Europe for 15 years
before he died in the year 2012. We were married for twenty-seven years
without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for
only four days. Before his death we were both Belivers.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the islamic religion is against. When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of €8,200,000.00 (Eight Million Two
Hundred Thousand Euros) with La Caxia Bank Spain .
Presently, this money is still with the bank and the management just
wrote me as the next of kin to come forward to sign for the release of
this fund only know to me and my late husband or rather issue an
authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I can not come
over.

Unfortunately, I'm in a hospital in Spain where I have been
undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. I have since lost my
ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few
months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charitable organizations any where in the World. Because relatives and
friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot
live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of
them.

Please, I plead to you in the name of Allah to help me Stand and collect the
money from the bank . I want a person that is Allah fearing that will
use this money to fund , orphanages and widows propagating the
word of Allah and to ensure that the house of Allah is maintained. The
Qur'an made us to understand that blessed are the hand that giveth. I
took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband relatives are not Muslims
and I don't want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers.

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not
afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going
to be in the bosom of the prophet Muhammad.I don't need any telephone
communication in this regard because of my soundless voice and
Presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them
To know about this development. With Allah all things are possible.
As soon as I receive your response I shall give you the contact information
Of my late husband attorney as he will be the one to assist you in
Laying claims for this money.

Yours in Allah,
Mrs.Nafeesa Raghda Musaed
Email: nafeesamusaed@gmail.com
nafeesamusaed@yahoo.com

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