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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. Kent Brown" <brownmrskent@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: brownmrs.kent@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 19:11:54 +0200
Subject: Reply Right Now



Dear 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. I prayed and got your email id from your country's Christian
guest book which I have been with my late husband and liked to visit
once more if God will in his infinite mercies.



I am Mrs. Kent Brown I am 58 years old, I am suffering from a long
time cancer of the lungs 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. I 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 Christians. Since
his death I decided not to re-marry, I sold all my inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of 10 million dollars with my Bank.



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 can not come over because of my
illness or they get it confiscated.



Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital in Switzerland 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 baby’s home.


I want you as God fearing person, to also 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.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein. You
are requested to send to me the following information to enable me use
it to write a Letter of Authorization on your behalf to the bank so
that they will release the money to you as my new next of kin.


NAME: _________

SURNAME:____________

SEX: _____

AGE: _____

MARITAL:_______________

COUNTRY:________________

CONTACT ADDRESS: ________________________

PHONENO#___________

OCCUPATION:_______________



Hoping to hear from you soon.


Mrs. Kent Brown

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