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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 Tawa Faruk <nddcph@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officiallyusedaddress@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 14:52:12 +0100
Subject: Esteem Complement to you Dear,

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Esteem Complement to you Dear,

My name is Mrs.Tawa Faruk, i am married to Dr. Mohamed Faruk. My late
husband was a Cardio thoracic surgeon for twenty-six years before he
died in 2016. We have been married for years with no children. He died
from a brief illness that lasting just for a few days.

I am sending you this message because he left some funds with one of
the investment banks with my name as his 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
thedisease.

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 from 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 my 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.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU

Best regards

Mrs.Tawa Faruk

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