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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 Omah Judy Malik <zxcddd1234554@gmail.com>
Reply-To: nareenklody11@webmail.hu
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 09:50:20 +0100
Subject: I NEED YOUR HELP!!!

Hello,

I m sorry to encroach into your privacy. My name is Mrs Omah Judy
Malik. from Afghanistan., based on the critical condition I find
myself in,I desire to relocate to your country due to TALIBAN civil
unrest in Afghanistan, as well as the daily life threatening attacks
by TALIBAN militants who are going door to door for manhunt against
people who were working against them. I have already lost my family,
my husband, son and daughter to the cold hands of death during an
attack targeted at our home on 18th August 2021 to end our family.I
was not around during the crossfire. I was at the hospital for a check
up when they attacked our home killing my beloved husband, son and
daughter and setting the house ablaze.

I am in tears writing you this mail. He (my late husband) was a very
successful contractor in the oil city of Afghanistan, and was
privately dealing on gold dust and bars before his untimely death.
Unexpectedly, he left behind some reasonable amount of money, which I
desire to invest in the Real Estate sector, Travel & Tourism, Hotel
Management and other interesting sectors in your country.

As you may or may not know, the sanctions imposed by the United States
and the European Union have made it nearly impossible to successfully
operate any type of investment here in Afghanistan or to even transfer
money from here to other parts of the world. For this reason, I am
contacting you in great confidence with the hope that you could help
me get this money into your country for investment purposes:

Please I would like to know how convenient it might be for you to
assist me in this way. The entire capital at my disposal is Nine
Million Euro. I secretly locked up the money in a trunk box and
deposited it with the UNHRC here in Afghanistan. My sincere intention
in writing to you is to plead with you to kindly accept the money box.
This is because we cannot do any bank transfers from here following
the TALIBAN Taking over Afghanistan. These are the major issues of
concern to me now. I will give you 20% of the total money as your
benefit for helping me. I have to take this chance because I have no
other alternative but to trust somebody.

I cannot risk my life here to avoid an end to my family lineage. As a
woman since my husband, son and daughter are dead. I deserve a decent
life in a peaceful environment, I will relocate to your country and
invest the money in accordance with law, your advice and support; we
can work together and achieve.

I anticipate your positive response and on receipt of your information
I will provide you with further details.

Yours faithfully,
Mrs Omah Judy Malik

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