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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: Ruby Eustaquio <eustaquio.ruby031@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2013 14:52:04 +0100
Subject: ABOUT MY WILL

Dear Friend,

Hearty Greetings,Please 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 am suffering from a long time
cancer of the breast which also affected my brain,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 inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of 20 million dollars with a Eco 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 been undergoing
treatment for the cancer in London. I have since lost 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 organization 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 fund orphanages
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 the Eco
Bank Plc.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as
the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me 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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