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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: =?UTF-8?Q?Esther_S=C3=A9verin?= <mrsdominicadavid1956@gmail.com>
Reply-To: estse49@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2015 18:10:37 +0100
Subject: MY DONATINON FOR WORK OF GOD,

MY DONATINON FOR WORK OF GOD,

Greetings,I am Mrs Esther Séverin from France , a widow to late Tom
Séverin. I am 50years old, I am now a new Christian convert,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast, from all indication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that Imight
not live up to 3 months, according to my doctor, This is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. My late husband died last
five years, and during the period of our marriage we couldn’t produce
any child. My late husband was very wealthy based in Cote d’Ivoire
West Africa during his time and after his death, I inherited all his
business and wealth. The doctors has advised me that i may not live
for more than 3months

I was at that night reading my bible and I came across Proverbs 21:13
If a man shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out
and not be answered, that scripture rocked my world , now i decided to
divide the part of this wealth, to contribute to the development of
the church in Africa,America Asia, and Europe, because this is what
GOD expects from us in HIS church, Is our faith just about going to
church, studying the bible, and avoiding sin?? Or does GOD expect more
from HIS church?? I believe HE expects more from us, I selected you
after I prayed over it. Now I am willing to donate the sum of ($5
million dollars USD) to the less privileged, I honestly pray that this
money when in your possession will be used for the said purpose,
because I have come to find out that wealth acquisition without Christ
is vanity. Please your daily prayer's is very important to me I
believe with prayers I must receive my healing miracleas we are
Serving a faithful God Romans 1:17

My Nurse help me to write this email.

Hoping to hearing from you
Remain blessed
Yours Sister in Christ
Mrs.Esther Séverin

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