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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: Madam Esther Walter <madamesther01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: estherwailter@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:10:13 -0700
Subject: Please use this money for the Churches and Less Privileged in the
world.

*Beloved in Christ*
*Please use this money for the Churches and Less Privileged in the world.*
*Greetings to you and your family in the name of God, in my search for a
reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through
prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet on my
bed side.

I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is
Mrs. Esther Walter, I'm a 58 years old woman and my Country is Sierra-
Leone, I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai, I was also
married with two children.
My husband and my two children where involved in a plane crash in the
Dec,25th Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was
all I care 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, I
have also donated some money for humanitarian needs, only recently I saw on
television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Haiti. *
*I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this
contribution on assisting people over there or any part of the world like
Asia/ Europe and America that might still need any financial help, I have
kept (US.6 Million) Six Million United States Dollars in a long-term deposit
in a bank in Accra Ghana .

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for
Esophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Accra Ghana.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have
only few weeks to live, It is my last wish to see this money distributed to
victims in Haiti and other charity organization in the World like i said, I
have enclosed for you the Current Photograph I took below Because relatives
and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot
live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit with the
help of my Lawyer and distributes it accordingly Use your judgment to
distribute the money and keep 30% of it to yourself.
Again I will allow you to communicate with the financial company directly
upon the receipt of your reply because I want this project to be completed
before the end of this month before I die according to the Doctor.

Please if you are willing to help, Kindly reply by including
1. Your Full Name;
2. Phone number
3. Age:
4. Occupation

God Bless you,
Madam Esther Walter

*

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