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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: AUDRE MILLS <ravshanjona@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: jkonare01@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 18:45:55 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Please this is important and get back to me urgently








Hello Dear Friend,

Greetings in the name of God Almighty. Please let this mail not sound too strange or embarrassing to you. My family attorney and my only son, who would have handled this executor ship of my WILL on my behalf, both of them died early this year after a protracted illness. I therefore prayed and got your email ID from the internet. I am MRS. AUDRE MILLS, an American by birth.

I am 52years old. I am suffering from a protracted cancer of the lungs which has also affected my brain cells due to complications. from all indication my condition is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious according to my doctors that I may live for the next few months, this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a critical and life threatening stage.

I was brought up in an orphanage home as a child of circumstance, having been abandoned at birth by my teenage biological mother and taken to an orphanage home by a good Samaritan. I was married to my late husband MR.MILLS for twenty years without a child. MR MILLS was hypertensive and died of cardiac arrest. Before his death we were and are still fervent Believers and a God fearing and humble family. We lived in London for over 18 years, where my husband worked as an executive director with a multinational construction and oil servicing conglomerate. Since my husbands unfortunate death I decided not to re-marry. When my ailment became terrible, I sold off all our choice properties and personal belongings comprising of a shopping mall, an hotel, shares, bonds, jewelries and other valuable family treasures and deposited the proceeds amounting to US$22 million dollars with a bank in Dubai UAE due to high taxing here in London.

Presently, this money is still lodged with the Bank, and the management and board of directors of the bank just wrote me as the sole owner to come forward to receive the money. after having kept more than three years in their coffers, or that I can issue a letter of authorization to somebody whom I trust to receive it on my behalf since I can not come over and claim the funds due largely to my illness or they get it confisticated and I am helpless here in London for I can't stand or walk or do anything but I look up to you.

Presently, someone is helping me in writing you with my laptop here in London hospital, located at Fulham road in west London.It is the leading cancer treatment hospital in the world and I have been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs there for ten years now or more. My doctors like I said earlier told me that I have only few months to live.It is my last wish therefore to see that you invested to any organization of your choice and distributed as you may deem fit, especially to the motherless babies homes and homes for destitute and the mentally retarded. You can also extend some part of the funds to churches and some part for your assistance in this transaction.

I want you as a God fearing individual to take it upon yourself and use this money for the aforementioned purposes, I took this decision in other to help humanity in my little capacity before i rest in peace in the bosom of the Almighty. And as such it is whom I authorize or appoint to act on my behalf that the bank will recognize and release the funds to. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as stated herein. God bless you as you accept this charity and humanity work Amen.

hoping to hear from you soonest.

Yours Sincerely,

MRS. AUDRE MILLS.

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