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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: Mrs Eldin <ssdin004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.seldin2015@hotmail.com
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2021 12:03:03 +0000
Subject: Saniya El Din,

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Saniya El Din,

My name is Mrs. Saniya Eldin, i am married to Dr. Mohamed El Din. My
late husband was a Cardiothoracic surgeon for twenty-six years before
he died in 2016. We have been married for years with no children. He
died from a short illness lasting a few days. I am sending you this
message because he left some funds with one of the investment banks
with my name as next of kin, I will appreciate your cooperation in
using this money for humanitarian and charitable services.

I was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2018, just two years after my
husband died. After being diagnosed, I have occasionally been to
various cancer treatment centers, but am now permanently locked up in
a hospital bed.
Recently my doctor made it clear that I was no longer responding to
medication, indicating that I had little time to live due to the
disease.

Knowing my condition, I have decided to entrust this fund to your
care, if you can use it wisely to create a charity project.

I know that I will not survive this disease and that there is nothing
I can do on this sick bed, but my quest to use the fund in this way as
my late husband wishes prompted me to contact you through this media.

And I can no longer count on family and next of kin. because they
didn't show responsibility when I gave them a reasonable amount to
distribute during this pandemic, instead they shared it among
themselves.

Therefore, I sincerely ask for your help, as my health is no longer
promising, to accept this benevolence for the less privileged, to
reorganize their standard of living.

Please, I need your sincere and urgent reply to see if you will be
available for this service. I'm waiting for your answer through my
private email ( mrs.seldin2015@hotmail.com )

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

Best regards

Saniya El Din

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