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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: "Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lubnabintsultanalqasimi@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2018 10:53:06 -0800
Subject: Greetings Emirati


Greetings,

I am Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Bin Sultan Al Qasimi from Emirati, 52 years old, suffering from Lung and bronchial cancer and currently hospitalized; from all indications my condition is really deteriorating and I may not live longer according to my doctor report. This is because the cancer has gotten too dangerous.

I am contacting you via this media to solicit your trust and cooperation to assist me distribute the total sum of $57,000,000.00 in humanitarian outreach to the poor people within your reach, If you truly wish to participate, the total funds will be entirely in your possession and management, 20% of the funds will be for your service / effort and 80% goes to the charity projects in your country. I want you to understand that this charity will bring hope to the hopeless and give opportunity to the underprivileged, caring for the less privilege people is a very significant outreach; i want you to see this duty as the most important role to play in humanity, why? It pleases Allah and human.

i am waiting for your answer in my private email address:- lubnabintsultanalqasimi@gmail.com

Yours sincerely,
Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi




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