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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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Fraud email example:

From: estherwilliams@zipmail.com.br
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2005 23:56:08 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?WITH=20=20TRUST=21=21=21?=

From The Desk Of :
Esther Williams
Please repply To This Email:(barristerjohncooper@yahoo.de)

God Is The ultimate Giver!

Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am former Mrs.Fatima Setia
Williams, now Mrs.Esther Williams, A widow to the Late Sheik Mohammed Williams,I
am 72 years old, I am now a new Christian convert, suffering from long time
cancer of the breast. From all indications my condition is really deteriorating
and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than four months according
to my doctors.This is because the cancer stage has gotten to avery bad stage.

My late husband was killed during the U.S raid against terrorism in Afghanistan
when he travelled to Afghanistan to monitor an Hospital / a Humanitarian
Foundation (HHF) he was setting up for the benefit of the Afghan masses
as of then, whose majority, and 99 percent of them are muslims / islamic
scholars and loyalists, during the period of our marriage we couldn't produceany
child.

My late husband was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his
businesses and wealth. My doctors have advised me that I may not live for
more than four months,so I now decided to divide part of this wealth, to
contribute to the development of the churches in Africa, America, Asia and
Europe.

I selected you after visiting the website and I prayed over it, I am willing
to donate the sum of US$12,200,000.00, to you for the less priviledged.Please
I want you to note that, this fund is deposited with a Security Firm and
upon my instruction, you will file in an application for the transfer of
the money in your name.

Lastly, I honestly pray that this money when transferred will be used for
the said purpose, because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition
without Christ is vanity upon vanity.May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ,
the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you and your
family. I Await Your Urgent Reply. kindly contact my lawyer Barrister John
cooper,through his Email Address:(barristerjohncooper@yahoo.de).

Yours in Christ.

Mrs. Esther Williams (JP)




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