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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. Kate Luther" (may be fake)
Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 12:46:28 -0700
Subject: Get Back To Me...

From The Desk Of
Mrs. Kate Luther
Email : kate.50@live.com


My Dear,

Sorry that this mail came to you by surprise.I am Mrs.Kate Luther, thewife of Dr.Wing Luther, my husband and i worked with the Chevron/Texaco for twenty years before he died in the year 2004 on the Tsunami Disaster which occured in Thailand.We were married for ten years with just a daughter of 18yrs old. As it may interest you to know,I got your contact through your country International business directory when searching for a God sent one whom i can entrust on and i decided to contact you personally.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of USD$12Million with a security/finance compnay here in London,under Diplomatic coverage for Five years and is due for claim now. The management of the company just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this deposit or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody i trust to receive it on my behalf if I c
an not come over because of my pr

Presently, I'm in a hospital here in United Kingdom where I have been undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer. My doctors have told me that I have only a few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to charity organizations,Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Please, I'm seeking for your sincere assistance to be my confidant and claim the box/fund from the company. And will use this money to fund the poor, orphanages, widows and charity organizations and part of it should be used for investment in your country in the name of my daughter whom i shall send to meet you over there. I took this decision because my daughter is still very young also to protect her from the hands of evil family members because they might kill her because of the money if am gone moreover, I don't want my husbanhard earned money to be misused by
his greedy relatives. I don't wan

As soon as I receive your reply,I shall give you the contact of the security/finance company with a letter of authorization.

You have to get back to me via my private email kate.50@live.com

Yours Truly,
Mrs. Kate Luther
Email : kate.50@live.com


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