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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. Mary Parker" <parkerluv11@beehive.org>
Reply-To: maryp_arker@live.com
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:24:21 +0100
Subject: good day


*Dear Beloved,*

*I am Mrs. Mary Parker,the wife of Mr.Robert Parker,both of us, are citizens
of the United States of America. my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco
in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year 2003.We were married
for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a brief illness. Before
his death we both got born-again as dedicated Christians. When my late
husband was alive he deposited the sum of 7.5 Million Pounds (Seven Million
Five Hundred Thousand Pounds) with a Bank in London. Presently, I'm in an
hospital in Russia 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. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as
the beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. Please my beloved for
further communication, reach me on my private email
address:maryp_arker@live.com <address%3Amaryp_arker@live.com>*

*Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs. Mary Parker
*

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