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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. Noriah Anuar,Jamillah" <Mrs.NoriahAnuarJamillah@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 03:01:55 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend,


Dear Friend,

Good morning and how are you doing?

I am Mrs. Jamillah Noriah Anuar, a widow and businesswoman, a citizen of
Malaysia; I am undergoing medical treatment as result of being diagnosed
with brain tumor disease, since after the sudden death of my Daughter,
Grandchildren and my Son In-law in a plane crash on their way back from
Kazakhstan transiting via Amsterdam, perished on board the ill-fated Flight
Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.

READ MORE
https://www.theborneopost.com/2014/07/18/mh17-a-tragedy-too-close-to-home/

It has gotten to a very bad stage which my doctors have confirmed and
announced to me that I have only a few days to live on earth according to
the medical experts. Now I’m ending the race like this, without any family
members and no children.

Having known my present health condition, I decided to donate the sum of
(MYR25, 000,000.00 Malaysian Ringgits) (USD$5,950,000.00) to Non
profit-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) Churches and Individuals to
support the public as follows:

(1) Elderly People for health services.
(2) Less Privileges and Poor Widows.
(3) Orphanage Children and Most Needy people around your community.

I decided to donate this money for humanitarian services as I don't have
anybody who will inherit the money after I die, as my doctor has confirmed
that I will not survive from this illness. I urgently need your sincerity
and ability to carry out this transaction and fulfill my final wish in
implementing the charitable works in your country.

Meanwhile, it will be my pleasure to compensate you with 30% of the total
money for your personal benefit, once my bank transfers the money in your
bank account, while the remaining balance of 70% will be for humanitarian
projects as I stated above over there in your country.

Your urgent reply will be appreciated for more detailed information.
Best regards
Mrs. Noriah Anuar,Jamillah
>From Kuching, Malaysia.

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