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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 Masego" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 11:54:10 -0800
Subject: Re: Dear Beloved in Christ

From:Mrs Esther Masego
Address: PO Box 11015, 50742
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com

Dearly Beloved In Christ..

I bring peace and love to you from God and our lord Jesus Christ.It is by
the grace of God that I received Christ,Having known the truth,I had no
choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for eternal
life and in the sight of man for witness of Gods mercy and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs Esther Masego the wife of Mr.Sadasivan Masego from malaysia, My
husband worked with the Central Bank Of Malaysia for ten years before he
died in the year 2005.We were married for twenty-seven years without a
child. My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four
days. Before his death we were both born again Christians. Since his death
I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which
the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum
of £9,900,000.00 GBPn (Nine Million Nine Hundred Thousand Great British
Pound) with Barclay,s Bank PLC,UK . Presently, this money is still with the
bank and the management just wrote me as the next of kin to come forward to
sign for the release of this fund only know to me and my late husband or
rather issue an authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf if I
can not come over.

Unfortunately, I'm in a hospital in Malaysia where I have been undergoing
treatment for esophageal cancer. 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 this money distributed to charitable organizations any
where in the World. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of
my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this
huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect the money
from the bank . I want a person that is God fearing that will use this
money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God
and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to
understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision
because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband
relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard earned money
to be misused by unbelievers. Email me here... mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com

I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner. Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of
death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the
bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and
I shall hold my peace. I don't need any telephone communication in this
regard because of my soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives
around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.With God
all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your response I shall give you the contact of my late
husband Attorney who is in Europe as he will be the one to assist you in
laying claims for this money. Email me here .. mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com

Yours in Christ,
Mrs.Esther Masego
mrsesthermasego5@gmail.com

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