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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. Aggie Asthon" <mrsaggieasthon@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Aggie Asthon" <mrsaggieasthon@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2015 19:57:08 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Message from Mrs Aggie Asthon





Message from Mrs Aggie Asthon
Greeting in the name of Almighty God The Most Beneficent

 The Most Merciful
 
Please don’t be surprise by receiving my message, i am
currently sending you this mail from my sick bed in the
 hospital despite my critical condition But don't worry,
 All i hope is that you will not betray this trust and
 confident that I am about to repose on you. I have to thank
 God this moment for his direction as regards
this
 mission,
 
 I am Mrs Aggie Asthon a Christian convert from switzerland I
 am married to Late Mr. Asthon Harry  who is a wealthy business
 man here in Cote d'ivoire we were married for many years with
 out a child before he died
 after a brief illness
 
Before his sudden death we where devoted Christian When my late
 husband was alive he deposited the sum of three Million
Dollars
($3.000.000.00) in one of the
 prime bank here in Cote d'ivoire
Presently
this money is still
 with the Bank,and i am very sick from Kidney cancer that i
 may not
last till the next two months according to my doctor
 so i decided to donate this money to a honest individual who
 will use it to work for God, orphans, widow and
 maintenance of Church to fulfill the vow i and my late
 husband made to God, and i have choosen you after praying,
 
 I want this money to be use as i have said since i do not
 have any child to inherit it and our relatives are all
 unbelivers and i don't want our hard earn money to be
 use in ungodly way, you will take 15% of this fund and use
 85% as i stated,the reason for taking this bold decision.
 
 I know that after death I will be with God the most holy
 and the most merciful as soon as i read from you i will give
 you more details on
how to
achieve it,i need your urgent
 reply as i dont know what tomorrow will result
 
 Your Sister in Christ

  Mrs Aggie Asthon

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