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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: "Abdul Said Omar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <abdul@tphcw.com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2022 23:14:23 -0600
Subject: My last will donation..

Dear Beloved,

I greet you in the name of God Almighty.I got your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts in my search for a reliable and God fearing person to help me carry out my last wish.

My name is Abdul Said Omar from Kuwait. Presently, i am in Europe where I am receiving medical care.Prior to my ailment, I was an Oil and gas
merchant and business owner in Kuwait , Oman and Syria . I was also married with five children. My wife and five children died in a bomb
blast in Syria where they reside many years ago. Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I lived for.

I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs .

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.

I kept $50,000,000:00(Fifty Million United State Dollar) in a finance company. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to the needy and other charity organizations. 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 collect the deposit from the finance company and distribute it accordingly.

Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 40% of it to yourself.If you are willing to help, please contact me on my email below for more details on how you can receive the money:

abdulomar@bossmail.de

May God Bless you as you assist me in carrying out my last wish.
Regards,
Abdul Said Omar

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