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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: Riby Eustaq <eustaquio_ruby_2@msn.com>
Reply-To: <rubyeustaquio63@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 03:02:36 +0000
Subject: ABOUT MY WILL



ABOUT MY WILL
Dear Friend,

Please do reply me in my private box: rubyeustaquio63@yahoo.fr

Greetings in the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this year.i prayed and got your email id from your country's guestbook.

I am Mrs.Ruby Eustaquio from London and presently in London where I am hospitalized for now because i work here ,I amsuffering from a long time cancer of the breast ,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have
advised me that i may not live for the next two months,this is
because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home and was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child ,my husband was working in a mobile company in Saudi Arabia before he won a contract with the shell company of Nigeria and died in a fatal motor accident.

Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inheritedbelongings and deposited all the sum of 10 million dollars with aIntercontinental Bank Plc.

Presently,I am in London and this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated.


Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where I have beenundergoing treatment for the cancer in London. I have sincelost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this money is invested to any organisation of your choice and distributed each year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless babies home.

I want you as God fearing person, to also use this money to fundorphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in peace because my time will soon be up.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of theIntercontinental Bank Plc.I will also issue you a letter of
authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of my fund.
Please assureme that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hoping to hear from you soon.

Waiting for your reply,
Mrs.Ruby Eustaquio

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