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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. kathrine Hills" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <k.hills2@aol.com>
Date: Sun, 20 May 2012 13:05:48 +0200
Subject: OPPORTUNITY

I am Mrs kathrine Hills from Netherlands,i am Deaf suffering from a long time cancer of the breast that is deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can't work or do any stressful thing, and my doctor advised me that i may not live for the few months,this is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. was married for 20 years without a child, I sold all my inherited belongings and deposited all the sum of $8.6million dollars with Barclays Bank London Uk. It is my last wish to see that this money is donated to any organisation/buisness of your choice and distributed to the charity organization,E.g the motherless babies home where i came from,the deaf homes,All i seek for is a God fearing person who will carry out my last wishes. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in UK.
Waiting for your reply.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs. kathrine Hills

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