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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.Earnest Nuria" <mrsearnestnuria@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 12:59:08 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: MY MESSAGE IS ATTACHED


 Greetings

this letter may be a very big surprise to you, I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish .

My names is Mrs Earnest Nuria, I am 54 years old, I am suffering, from a long time cancer of the breast, this cancer stage has reached a critical stage, and my doctors have advised that I may not live beyond next month, Except if am willing to undergo another surgery.

Presently, I'm undergoing treatment in the hospital in LONDON. I was an Orphan before I was married to my late husband, we were married for many years without child. my husband was a very successful business man, but Unfortunately he died in fatal Auto accident. Since his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold most of my inherited belongings and deposited the sum of $ 2.5 million USD dollars with a Bank. Presently, this money is still in their custody

It is my last wish to see that my fund is used for charity work among Orphanage organization.
I must let you know that this was a very hard decision, but I had to take a bold step towards this issue because I have no further option. I hope you will help see my last wishes come true.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall issue you a letter of authority to my bank, which will prove that you are the beneficiary of my funds. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. Hope to hear from you soonest.

Yours Faithfully
Mrs Earnest Nuria

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