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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. Esther Hillary" <estherhillary@outlook.com>
Reply-To: estherhillary25@outlook.com
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:33:35 +0200
Subject: RE Good day My Beloved Friend



Good day My Beloved Friend

Greetings in the name of God, Please let this not sound strange to you
for my only surviving lawyer who would have done this died early this
year; my name is Mrs. Esther Hillary from Germany.I am 48 years old, 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 was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child ,my husband died in a fatal
motor accident Before his death we were true believers. Since his
death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited belongings
and deposited all the sum of 2.6Million dollars with a Bank.(Two Million
Six Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only).

Presently, 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 cannot come over because of my illness or they
get it confiscated.

Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital here in UK where I have
been undergoing treatment for cancer of the lungs. 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 a God fearing person who will use this money to fund churches,
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
Bank. I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you
as the new beneficiary of my fund. Send me your full name and your
contact address. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated herein.

Please reply me through this my private email address: Email:
[estherhillary25@outlook.com] Hoping to hear from you soon.
Waiting for your reply

Yours in Christ,

Mrs. Esther Hillary

Hello My Beloved Friend in the Lord GOD directed me to you

(Your blessed)



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