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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: "Lilianna" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lilianna.roberts1@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 01:19:56 -0700
Subject: Beloved: Are you in Grand Port, Mahébourg ?

Date: 8-8-2015


Beloved, With a good heart I write to establish relationship with you and May the peace of our good lord be with you. I am Lilianna Roberts a Mauritian, presently living in a town called Grand Port, in Mahébourg Mauritius am widow, though I lived the better part of my life working with my late husband Roberts of blessed memory in the field of prospecting and mining for solid minerals in Africa. I and Robert made a fortune from solid minerals until I lost him in a fatal car accident when he was trying to escape an ambush by robbers in the DR Congo.


Shortly after this tragic incident, I was diagnosed of Oaesophagal Cancer which I have been fighting with for some years now. This sickness has defied all forms of Chemo and Radio therapy. I have since lost my power of speech as a result of unsuccessful vocal fold nodules (VFNs) surgery. Life has become unbearable; I can only communicate through writing. I was flown out from a Specialist Hospital in Stockholm in 17th December 2014 to my country home in Grand Port because both Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy treatments in Norrbottens Lans Landsting wasn't a success. I was placed on observation for few months at Onkologiskt Centrum Vastra Sjukvårdsregionen in Sweden. I decided at last to come back home and live out my last days.


Beloved, it is not my wish to say this but with faith I am confident I will make it to be in peace, I have just few months left to live as confirmed by my cancerologists Doctor Gittan Sunnergren & Dr. Christer Lundberg. I have decided to give my wealth to Charity organizations and the poor around the world. My health has deteriorated so badly I am now bed-ridden and cannot do much by myself.


I am writing you this e-mail because my family has failed me, I once instructed them to close three of my accounts in Luxembourg, Africa and donate what was left to the motherless/Charity homes across Asia, South America and Africa and give me report of those that benefited from it, and that was the last I heard from them. They greedily refused and kept the monies for personal use. I do not trust them anymore; they failed me and can't earn my trust anymore. Though, I have forgiven them all because if our good Lord forgives, why won't I forgive anyone that succumbed to the desire of the flesh which I am confident they will redeem in one way or the other. The last of my funds which none of them is aware of is the deposit I kept in a reliable safe deposit firm in Accra-Ghana from the covert sales of Gold, Saphire, rose quartz, jade, peridot, chryroprase,golden beryl, lapis lazali,Emerald and Topaz, including Alluvial Gold Dust, Gold Doro Bars, 22+ Carat, Purity - 99.9%.


Can you help me distribute it to Charity organizations and the poor in Asia, South America and across Africa using your discretion and earn 10% of the funds as your fee/commission for this humanitarian work? Please if you are the greedy type don't reply to this email, if not, write back and I will give you details. May the Peace of the Almighty be with you.


Regards, Lilianna Roberts.

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