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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: mrshawa hassan <mrshawahassan2004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrshawahassan1998@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2018 11:51:03 +0000
Subject: Greetings To You My Dearly Beloved,

Greetings To You My Dearly Beloved,

It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the
truth I had no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God´s
mercy and glory upon my life. I am Mrs. Hawa Hassan, the wife of Mr.
Muhammad Hassan, my husband worked with the shell/Texaco in this
country for twenty years as a contractor before he died in the year
2011.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died
after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death
we were both born again Christians.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of US $4.7M (four Million seven Hundred
Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Bank here. Presently, this money is
still with the Bank and the management just wrote me as the
beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or
rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf if I cannot come over. Presently, I'm in a hospital 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 weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
charity organizations anywhere 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 beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect the
Funds from the Bank. I want a person that is God fearing that will use
this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the
word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The
Bible made us to understand that blessed is 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 Christians 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 Lord.

Exodus {14 VS 14} says that the lord will fight my case and I shall
hold my peace. 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 God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you every information you
need concerning this money.

Yours Truly,
MRS. Hawa Hassan.

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